Business Honors Magazine featured NAVSYS Corporation in the Emerging Companies of the Year 2026 special edition for revolutionizing global navigation through their adaptive cloud-powered PNT technologies known as PNT as a Service (PNTaaS). “NAVSYS Corporation delivers next-generation navigation technologies at the intersection of commercial innovation and national security, empowering military and commercial missions to operate with confidence in GPS-denied environments.”
NAVSYS Corporation emerged as a groundbreaking technology company dedicated to expanding Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities. The company distinguished itself through remarkable innovations, including the world's first GPS cell phone, critical Space Based Augmentation System technologies, innovative inertial navigation solutions, and advanced GPS Software Defined Radios. These breakthrough developments positioned NAVSYS as a leader in navigation technology, paving the way for future positioning and timing innovations.
The company subsequently pivoted to developing a backup solution to GPS to provide assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) in L-band denied environments. NAVSYS has successfully deployed PNTaaS infrastructure to provide CONUS-wide coverage and has initiated deployment of the PNTaaS ground infrastructure and data services over Europe. Following this strategic transition, the company has ambitious plans to expand its service coverage into Asia, South America, and Africa, with the goal of achieving global coverage by the end of 2027.
The VP of Business Development, Walker Koury, joined NAVSYS after completing a master thesis at UCLA Anderson’s School of Business on the viability of a privately funded, economically viable alternative to GPS. Walker’s thesis, which won the top 2025 UCLA Strategic Research Management Capstone Thesis award, critically examined the challenges of privately developed and maintained LEO orbit satellites. His research concluded that such satellite constellations could not become profitable due to cost-prohibitive capital expenditures and poorly defined market demand and segmentation. Ultimately, Koury was drawn to NAVSYS because the company's PNTaaS system represented the only economically viable alternative to GPS.
Dr. Alison Brown, the CEO of NAVSYS Corporation, spoke exclusively to Business Honor and discussed their approach to strategic technology innovation and values-driven leadership development.
