Qualinx’s QLX3Gx Series Chip Integration with Galileo OSNMA Brings Authenticated GNSS Positioning to Ultra-Low-Power Devices for the First Time
Developed with support from EUSPA, Qualinx’s OSNMA-ready QLX3Gx chip makes secure, authenticated positioning a standard feature - not a premium add-on - democratizing trusted GNSS for wearables, IoT and asset tracking at scale
Qualinx, the European semiconductor company redefining ultra-low-power connectivity at the connected edge, today announced the completion of full Galileo OSNMA (Open Service Navigation Message Authentication) support on its QLX3Gx Series ultra-low-power GNSS receiver. Developed with the support of EUSPA, the EU Agency for the Space Programme, the integration makes the QLX3Gx the first GNSS receiver purpose-built for ultra-low-power markets to deliver hardware-native OSNMA support as a standard feature across the entire product family. The QLX3Gx chip is currently available for sampling, with mass production planned for the second half of 2026.
Until now, OSNMA-capable receivers have been the preserve of high-end, high-cost, power-intensive applications, leaving the vast majority of the GNSS market, including wearables, IoT sensors, asset trackers, UAVs and other battery-constrained devices, without access to authenticated positioning. These are precisely the markets where positioning fraud, spoofing, and signal manipulation are becoming most prevalent and most consequential. Qualinx has embedded OSNMA support directly into the QLX3Gx hardware architecture from the ground up, enabling a fully optimised design with zero trade-offs in power consumption, cost or performance.
