Swirls?

Swirls is not an acronym but represents a whirling motion of three essential expertise areas of the Swirls consortium:

1. several years of expertise in receiver development, manufacturing, QA, testing and customer support in the professional GNSS market,
2. both in-depth and hands-on understanding and design of Galileo receiver technology, based on the Swirls Consortium´s Galileo R&D track record combined with operational Galileo receiver breadboard, developed by Septentrio Satellite Navigation.
3. a solid and experienced customer base that supplies high-end User Requirements for future Galileo/GPS receivers based on extensive use of current GNSS technologies.

This blend of expertise and experience allows the Swirls Consortium to build a Galileo/GPS receiver prototype early with solid input from users of professional GNSS receivers.

The Swirls logo is a famous Irish megalithic symbol found in the Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange, Ireland. The passage and chamber are illuminated by the winter solstice sunrise each year due to perfect astronomical alignments and are a proof that Irish Neolithic farming communities had a good knowledge in astronomy already in 3200 BC.