Safran Electronics & Defense and the Polish company Wojskowe Zakłady Elektroniczne (WZE S.A.) have signed a contract for the first time to supply Safran’s Geonyx inertial navigation and pointing systems to the Polish Armed Forces. The total quantity is approximately 200 pieces of equipment. The Geonyx systems were selected for both the PILICA+ and NAREW air-defence programmes in Poland. They will provide precise and reliable positioning to anti-aircraft platforms, even if satellite navigation signals are unavailable or inaccessible, and heading references to various radars.
The contract also includes the transfer of production of these inertial units to WZE S.A. Safran will produce the main elements, while WZE S.A. will carry out their assembly and necessary checks before delivering the Geonyx units to Poland. The main goal is to reduce delivery times and ensure local maintenance of the Geonyx systems for the Polish Army, optimising the availability rate of their systems. Similarly, Young Poong Electronics (YPE), which adapted Geonyx technology for the Korean K2 assault tanks of the Polish Army, will also transfer production of its inertial units to WZE S.A.
Geonyx’s hemispherical resonator gyroscope navigation technology, HRG Crystal, offers the best reliability on the market, with an average time between failures exceeding a million hours, as well as robustness in the most demanding environments. The HRG Crystal is also independent of any external signal and very compact. This allows the Geonyx to maintain positioning and pointing accuracy, even when satellite navigation signals are jammed or spoofed, while providing the best balance of size, mass, and power.
