Dr. Mario Paniccia, CEO and founder of ANELLO Photonics, will present on advancements in inertial navigation systems (INS) using the company’s Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope (SiPhOG™) at Xponential 2025.
The presentation, titled “Enabling Navigation in GPS-Denied and GPS-Contested Environments”, is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20, 2025, from 11:20 to 11:55 a.m. CDT, at the Solutions Theater XPO Hall, at Xponential 2025 at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas.
The session will focus on the application of ANELLO’s Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope (SiPhOG™) — a compact, solid-state optical gyroscope fabricated using standard silicon photonics processes. Believed to be the smallest of its kind, SiPhOG enables the development of inertial measurement units (IMUs) and inertial navigation systems (INS) that are optimized for operations in GNSS-denied and GNSS-contested environments — a growing requirement for military platforms across all domains.
Designed for robust performance in degraded or denied signal conditions, ANELLO’s inertial systems are deployed across ground, aerial, and maritime platforms, supporting mission-critical guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) functions. The talk will explore the underlying SiPhOG architecture, sensor integration techniques, and performance benchmarks including drift rates, bias stability, and SWaP (Size, Weight, and Power) optimization.
Dr. Paniccia will also address system-level design considerations for military applications, including integration with autonomous navigation stacks and resilient operation under electronic warfare (EW) conditions. His insights will be particularly relevant to defense engineers, integrators, and program managers focused on enhancing autonomy and resilience in denied environments.
The ANELLO team will be located at Booth #1909.
Speaker
Dr. Mario Paniccia, CEO & Founder of Anello Photonics previously spent over two decades at Intel, where he served as an Intel Fellow, Chief Technology Officer and GM for the Silicon Photonics Solutions Group. In starting Intel’s Silicon Photonics program, he aided in the development and commercialization of silicon photonics technologies.
