# Advanced Navigation Expands Huntsville PNT Manufacturing

Advanced Navigation America announced a Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Center of Excellence in Huntsville, Alabama, to expand U.S. research, development, and manufacturing of resilient navigation systems. The announcement is backed by a $110 million Series C financing round, but it is an industrial-base and market development—not a government contract or solicitation. For procurement professionals and contractors serving defense, space, maritime, and autonomous-system markets, the center may create future supplier and teaming opportunities as U.S. production and validation capacity expands.

- Companies supplying PNT components, manufacturing, calibration, or validation services can assess potential fit for future teaming or supply-chain opportunities; no procurement channel or solicitation is identified in the announcement.
- The center strengthens Huntsville’s role in resilient navigation technology and may be relevant to contractors developing capabilities for defense, space, maritime, and other autonomous-system applications.
- Advanced Navigation America provided a media contact, not a procurement contact, so the signal does not provide a direct route for submitting bids or seeking contract information.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Defense & Military, Information Technology
**Published:** October 14, 2026

### Government Entities
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

### Vendors
- Advanced Navigation America (U.S. manufacturer expanding research, development, and manufacturing of PNT technology)
- Advanced Navigation (Parent company of Advanced Navigation America)

### Key Quotes
> Resilient navigation is becoming the backbone of the autonomy shaping the future of defense, space, marine, mining and heavy industry.
> — Mike Cohen, President of Advanced Navigation America

> With technology this precise, you can’t separate engineering from manufacturing. Production, calibration and validation all have to work together.
> — Chuck Matheny, Vice President of U.S. Operations at Advanced Navigation America

### Sources
- [Advanced Navigation Is Bringing the World's Most Complex Navigation Technology to Huntsville, Alabama - AOL](https://www.aol.com/articles/advanced-navigation-bringing-worlds-most-205800000.html) - AOL.com