• NGP Capital partner Upal Basu interviewed Xona CEO Brian Manning on DeepTech Unleashed about low Earth orbit satellite navigation.
• Manning positioned Xona’s system as secure, high-performance positioning designed to deliver centimeter-level accuracy for automation use cases.
• Discussion highlighted GPS limitations for autonomous vehicles and automated infrastructure, framing precision positioning as a key enabler for “hands-off” machine control.
• Interview flagged a commercial space constraint, citing satellite manufacturing capacity outpacing available launch supply as a bottleneck.

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