Swift Navigation Achieves ISO 26262 Certification on AWS: A Milestone for Automotive Safety

Swift’s Skylark Precise Positioning Service and Starling Positioning Engine deliver highly accurate absolute position to complement the automotive sensor suite.

Swift Navigation can deliver a reliable, secure, and scalable precise positioning service to vehicles and IoT devices worldwide.

In a significant development for the automotive industry, Swift Navigation has successfully achieved ISO 26262 certification for its Skylark Precise Positioning Service, which runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This milestone underscores the growing importance of cloud computing in enabling advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles to meet stringent safety standards.

The Significance of ISO 26262 Certification

ISO 26262 is the international standard for functional safety in automotive electrical and electronic systems. It provides a risk-based approach to ensure that appropriate safety measures are in place for vehicle operation where potential hazards are identified. Achieving this certification demonstrates that Swift Navigation’s Skylark service meets the rigorous requirements for safety-critical applications in the automotive industry.

A key component of Skylark’s precise positioning service is the ability to provide GNSS corrections data that meets the functional safety standards required by automotive customers.