# Advanced Navigation

> Advanced Navigation is a Sydney-based deep-technology company building navigation and autonomy systems that let robots, ships, aircraft, submarines and spacecraft know where they are when GPS is jammed, denied or simply unavailable. Founded in 2012 by Xavier Orr and Chris Shaw to commercialise AI-based inertial navigation research, it now designs and manufactures fibre optic gyroscopes, MEMS inertial sensors, underwater acoustic positioning and a miniature autonomous underwater vehicle across defense, space, marine, mining and commercial markets. In March 2026 it raised US$110M in Series C funding to accelerate its expansion into photonics, AI and quantum sensing.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Sydney, Australia
- **Founders:** Chris Shaw (Co-Founder & CEO), Xavier Orr (Co-Founder & CEO (AI/technology))
- **Team size:** Approximately 200 employees
- **Products:** Boreas, Certus / Certus Mini / Certus Evo, Spatial / Spatial FOG, Hydrus, Subsonus / Subsonus Tag
- **Notable:** Raised over US$200M across three institutional rounds since 2019., Launched Boreas, marketed as the world's first fully digital fibre optic gyroscope., Selected for NASA's lunar landing program via the LUNA space-grade sensor.

## Products & services

- **Boreas** — Strategic-grade Digital Fibre Optic Gyroscope (DFOG) GNSS/INS - marketed as the world's first fully digital FOG - for defense and high-precision applications; includes the compact Boreas 50 Series.
- **Certus / Certus Mini / Certus Evo** — AI-powered MEMS GNSS/INS delivering FOG-like performance in a small, low-cost package for robotics, marine and vehicles.
- **Spatial / Spatial FOG** — Compact GNSS/INS/AHRS units for orientation, position and heading across autonomous platforms.
- **Hydrus** — Miniature hovering autonomous underwater vehicle (micro-AUV) for survey, inspection and marine science with georeferenced 4K video.
- **Subsonus / Subsonus Tag** — USBL underwater acoustic positioning system delivering high-accuracy subsea tracking and navigation.
- **Poseidon** — Lightweight subsea GNSS antenna rated to significant depth for underwater positioning aiding.
- **GNSS Compass** — Plug-and-play satellite compass providing accurate position, heading and timing.
- **LUNA** — Space-grade laser measurement sensor developed for lunar landing guidance under NASA's CLPS program.

## Achievements

- Raised over US$200M across three institutional rounds since 2019.
- Launched Boreas, marketed as the world's first fully digital fibre optic gyroscope.
- Selected for NASA's lunar landing program via the LUNA space-grade sensor.
- Boreas D90 demonstrated roughly 7.5m of drift over 65km with no GPS in a US Army contested-environment test.
- Founders Chris Shaw and Xavier Orr won the Sydney Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.
- Supplies navigation to a large share of the world's leading defense companies.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Raised US$110M Series C led by Airtree Ventures with Quadrant Private Equity and the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation.
- **2026-02** — Inertial-centric navigation succeeded in a US Army contested/GPS-denied environment exercise.
- **2025-09** — Launched the compact Boreas 50 Series FOG INS at DSEI in the UK for UAS and defense applications.

## Links

- Website: https://advancednavigation.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/advanced-navigation/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPX_JbYkBGKU7SFdQDbBM9g
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/advancednavigation

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Last updated: 2026-08-04