Advanaced Navigation announced it has successfully raised A$158 million in a Series C funding round. The raise marks a definitive shift in the global autonomy race as national demand for alternative Positioning, Navigation, Timing (PNT) technologies reaches an all-time high. The round was led by Airtree Ventures, with strategic participation from Quadrant Private Equity and the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC). These investors join a cohort of existing backers including Main Sequence, KKR, In-Q-Tel, Alpha Intelligence Capital, The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull AC and OIF Ventures.
Chris Shaw, CEO and Co-founder at Advanced Navigation said, “As autonomous vehicles scale into contested and high-stakes frontiers, the world’s reliance on any single navigation technology has evolved from a technical limitation into a systemic vulnerability. To power the next generation of autonomous systems, Advanced Navigation is combining deep learning software with high-precision hardware to help systems conquer the extremes across sea, land, air and space.”
This “Hard Tech” approach to navigation has made the company a trusted partner to the world’s largest defence and technology giants, including Anduril, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hanwha, BHP, Rheinmetall and Intuitive Machines. Following a year of triple-digit growth, the company is accelerating its global expansion, significantly scaling its deep tech operational and engineering presence across the U.S. and European markets.
With more than 100,000 systems deployed across global nations, Advanced Navigation’s market presence has reached critical mass, with over 80% of revenue generated in the United States and Europe. This investment will accelerate the establishment of PNT Centres of Excellence across these priority markets, anchoring the company’s next phase of global growth. The centres will embed highly specialised engineering teams directly within key regions, building trusted, on-the-ground capability that strengthens national resilience, secures supply chains, and reinforces long-term technical leadership.
In parallel, the centres will enable targeted technology acquisitions, expanding Advanced Navigation’s sensor stack across robotics, photonics, vision, artificial intelligence and quantum sensing.
Kelland Reilly, Partner at Airtree said, “Advanced Navigation has built the leading solution in the positioning field and their rapid expansion into the U.S. and Europe marks a definitive shift for mission-critical industries as global demand converges around the precise use case they solve. We are excited to partner with Chris and the team as they scale into the next chapter.”
Louis Casey, Partner at Quadrant said, “Advanced Navigation is at the forefront of autonomous systems for resilient navigation, pioneering solutions that redefine precision and reliability in defence and commercial applications. We are thrilled to partner with Chris and the team to support their accelerated global expansion.”
David Gall, CEO at National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) said: “Advanced Navigation’s inertial navigation systems (INS) technology was originally developed in Australia, and we are proud to be investing in a company that commercialises Australian research while creating highly skilled STEM and manufacturing jobs. Advanced Navigation’s technology is precise, secure, reliable, and efficient, and its products are already being used in the mining, marine, and defence industries. The NRFC’s investment will help Advanced Navigation to bring its Australian-developed technology to international markets.”
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