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40 years in pictures

What we were, what we are, and how we have evolved over the last 40 years. A review of our story through images.

Signing of the C-101 simulator agreement (1981)

Members of the working group of the Flight Mechanics Chair, origin of GMV (1984)

GMV Design Studio (1985)

ROSIM chez Thomson contract signature (1986)

GMV moves to new offices in the Madrid town of Pozuelo (1988)

GMV acquires land in the town of Tres Cantos, Madrid (1988)

Signing of SDS contract at ESOC (1989)

GPSA Project (1989)

GMV moves its offices to a street in downtown Madrid (1990)

Members of the Operations Division (1990)

GMV sets up the company's head office in Tres Cantos, Madrid (1991)

GMV staff in the head office in Tres Cantos, Madrid (1992)

GMV's GPS tracking system onboard equipment (1994)

Auvasa, Valladolid operational support system console (1994)

GPS equipment (1994)

DGPS reference station GPS equipment (1994)

Juan José Martínez García. Diversification and technology transfer (1994)

MLS-ILS Mobile Ground Test System (1994)

Fleet Tracking System for Tres Cantos’ Police (1995)

Multi-standard GNSS navigation receiver combining GPS, GLONASS and SBAS (1996)

ITS Location System (1996)

Presentation of the Eurocopter Tigre (1997)

Inauguration of GMV's offices in Boecillo, Valladolid (1998)

First hardware equipment of the Valladolid headquarters (1998)

GPS Relative Approach System for Naval Landing, SAGRAN (1998)

Envisat-PDS MCF-MAE Development Team (1999)

EGNOS Team (1999)

Topsat mobile equipment (1999)

Signing of EGNOS protocol with Aena and CDTI (1999)

GMV Laboratory in Valladolid (1999)

Artemis SDS acceptance tests at Telespazio (1999)

In 2001 GMV's president and founder, Juan José Martínez García, dies (2001)

Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority's SAE Onboard Equipment (2001)

The SGI team, now Secure e-Solutions (2001)

Mónica Martínez, daughter of Juan José Martínez, new president of GMV (2001)

Headquarters renovation and expansion (2001)

GMV staff members at the headquarters (2001)

Outfitting of the ATM (Barcelona) operational support system (SAE) (2010)

Sistema integrado de ensayos en vuelo de sistemas GNSS avanzados para Aena (2002)

Signing of the contract for the new generation of Eutelsat's multisatellite control center (2002)

Central Processing Facility (CPF-PS) of the EGNOS navigation system (2002)

Inauguration of the Eutelsat Control Room (2003)

A-10 On-board locating equipment (2004)

A-30 On-board locating equipment (2004)

GMV's fleet management solution Moviloc® (2004)

20th anniversary celebration event (2004)

GMV was a major player in the Galileo program with the award of three framework contracts (2005)

GMV's I-10 on-board electronics for advanced GPS tracking applications (2007)

Renfe's GPS and mobile communications management system equipment (2007)

GMV, one of the world's leading satellite ground segment systems providers (2007)

Ticket issuing and validation machine for public transport (2007)

New version of the on-board equipment of the SAE of Transports Municipals de Barcelona (2007)

Start-up of Castilla y León's on-demand transport system (2007)

Renfe's GPS and mobile communications management system equipment (2008)

Differential GPS Reference Station (DGPS) developed by GMV for the Malaysian coastal network (2008)

New headquarters expansion (2008)

TALOS, GMV's C4I system for planning, conducting, and executing a military operation at tactical level (2008)

Jesús B. Serrano appointed general manager of GMV (2009)

ESA prototype of rover-type vehicle for planetary exploration (2009)

Future Combatant Computer, COMFUT program (2009)

TMB (Barcelona) operational support system (SAE) outfitting (2009)

GMV’s electronic fare collection system for transit (2009)

Future fighter computer electronics. COMFUT Program (2009)

ESA prototype of rover-type vehicle for planetary exploration (2009)

Radiance, GMV's intraoperative radiotherapy planner (2009)

SANTIAGO program, COMINT and ELINT signal analysis rack (2010)

RAT, Rover Autonomy test bed (2010)

Construction of the Martian terrarium for field testing of autonomous navigation, CNG and rover systems in general (2011)

ITS system of the Warsaw tramway fleet, Poland (2011)

GMV solution designed to guarantee the security of ATMs (2011)

EMIL, ILS, and VOR radio aids ground inspection system (2012)

New Eutelsat control room (2013)

GMV inaugurates platform-art©, an advanced robotic testing laboratory for ground systems and space missions at its headquarters (2013)

GMV's 30th anniversary celebration (2014)

WATM Emil (2013)

FOXIRIS (Flipper-based Oil&Gas ATEX Intelligent RobotIcs System) (2014)

SPARTAN navigation system (SPAce exploration Research for Throttleable Advanced eNgine) (2014)

GMV's validation and sales system (2014)

PATENDER (Net Parametric Characterization Parabolic Test), active space debris collection project using net launching (2015)

GMV’s electronic fare collections sytems in Santiago de Chile’s subway (2015)

CRANE system for crane control of the A400 M (2015)

Platform-art© testing of the AIM planetary defense project (2015)

Cyprus public transport ticketing system (2016)

Robotic system for planetary exploration (Moon-Mars) (2016)

Inauguration of GMV's Cybersecurity Incident Response Center in Valladolid (2017)

GMV headquarters staff in Tres Cantos, Madrid (2017)

Testing of LUCID (LUnar scenario Concept validation and Demonstration) led by GMV in Tenerife (2017)

Kickoff meeting for the SBAS project in Australia and New Zealand (2017)

ESROCOS (European Space Robotics Control and Operating System-OG1) (2018)

Event for the signing of the Galileo GCS contract (2018)

GNSS front-end for frequencies between 1GHz and 2GHz (2018)

MagicUT, integrated user terminal supporting SBAS (Satellite Based Augmentation System) and PPP (Precise Point Positioning) applications (2018)

Poland Offices (2018)

Planetary rover developed by GMV as part of ESA's GOTCHA project (2018)

TVM150 electronic fare collections systems (2018)

First Space Congress (2019)

Galileo PRS navigation demonstrator on server (2019)

Advanced technologies for precise and safe positioning for the BMW group (2019)

Advanced technologies for precise and safe positioning for the BMW group (2019)

GMV's avionics system for micro-launchers (2019)

35th anniversary celebration event (2019)

Signing with AUVASA and Banco Santander to digitize public transportation in Valladolid (2019)

GMV successfully controls the first six satellites of the OneWeb constellation (2019)

First tests of the BEAST prototype rover (2019)

Tests of the ERGO system, where anautonomous crossing of 1.4 km is successfully carried out (2019)

GMV's solution for microthruster avionics (2019)

Deployment of GCS infrastructure at Galileo ground control centers (2020)

Inauguration of the integrated multimodal fare system developed by GMV for the Balearic Islands (2020)

Tests as part of the ADE project (Autonomous Decision making in very long traverses) - (2020)

Autonomous system designed by GMV and Aurea Avionics for low-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions (2020)

Ground segment supply for Amazonas Nexus, Hispasat's new generation of satellites (2020)

The establishment of SATNUS, consortium to lead one of the pillars of NGWS-FCAS in Spain (2021)

Deployment of new GCS infrastructure (2021)

Galileo GSC project team (2021)

GMV joins the SMS missile initiative (2021)

ISNAV, navigation system for VCR 8x8 (2021)

Class I Micro Passer UAS system of Aurea Avionics and GMV (2021)

Passive satellite tracking system (2021)

Cobot implemented at CEPSA's facilities in Huelva (2022)

G2STB project team (2022)

Signing of the contract for the development of the ground control segment of the In-Orbit Validation (IOV) system for the second generation of Galileo (G2G) - (2022)

User information and video-surveillance system for TMB city buses (2022)

CEPSA's uPathWay outdoor robotics solution (2023)

Alén Space joins GMV's group of companies (2023)

Galileo G2STB Project Signing Ceremony (2023)

Final demonstration of the European defense project iMUGS (2023)

Team HERA (2023)

Signing of the GMV-u-blox agreement (2023)

ASUMO, autonomous robotics project for the inspection of electrical substations (2023)

Signing of the memorandum of understanding with Embraer (2023)

Photo of GMV staff at GMV's headquarters in Tres Cantos, Madrid (2023)

Inauguration of the new Computer Lab under the GMV-UPM chair (2023)

Launch of 'HealthTech Observer' as a health-focused knowledge forum (2023)

MIRROR, space robot for assembly of structures in Earth orbit (2023)

Offices in Munich (2023)

Participants in the Madrid Corporate Race (2023)

EMRS (European Moon Rover System) tests (2023)

Sonora Tests (Support to Standardisation Actions for EGNOS and Galileo in the U-Space) - (2023)

Inauguration of the Galileo control room (2023)

Agreement Signing with Openvia (2024)

Agreement signing with Scoobic (2024)

Signing of LEO PNT contract (2024)