BONN, Germany, Dec 18, 2025 – Hexagon, the global leader in measurement technologies, announced it has joined the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MMoU) on Strengthening the Global Geodesy Supply Chain. The MMOU is a shared recognition by the United Nations Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence (UN-GGCE) alongside member state government departments and agencies, private sector companies, organisations, associations, and academic institutions, that action is required to make the foundations of positioning, navigation, and timing services robust.
Accurate positioning underpins countless day-to-day activities – from surveying and construction to agriculture, transportation, public safety and environmental monitoring. GNSS reliability is essential for keeping projects on schedule, infrastructure safe and operations productive. With HxGN SmartNet, Hexagon has built a reliable, scalable GNSS infrastructure that integrates physical reference stations, specialised software such as Leica Spider and a secure environment for distributing precise positioning data. Supporting tens of thousands of users worldwide, SmartNet delivers the accuracy and continuity essential for daily operations across many sectors.
The MMoU signatories’ shared ambition is to advance resilient positioning services and strengthen geospatial capabilities for nations around the world.
Through joint initiatives, they aim to:
- Enhance continuity and accuracy of GNSS-based positioning services
- Strengthen resilience against signal interference
- Support countries in developing and maintaining geodetic infrastructure
- Expand education and workforce development in geodesy
These initiatives ultimately help end users access more consistent accuracy, higher service availability, and stronger resilience against jamming or spoofing.
The MMoU was signed by Henning Sandfort, President, Geosystems Business Area, Hexagon, and Prof. Dieter Fritsch, Hexagon’s representative to the UN-GGIM Private Sector Network on 17 November 2025. “Joining the MMoU underscores our commitment to ensuring that accurate, dependable geospatial information is accessible to governments and organisations worldwide,”says Henning Sandfort. “Hexagon’s contribution under the MMoU demonstrates the importance of global collaboration between Member States, UN and the geospatial industry. Hexagon is a key player of GNSS technology and digital reality solutions and therefore mostly welcomed to contribute the future vision of a strengthened global geodesy supply chain,” says Nicholas Brown, Head of Office at the UN-GGCE.
About UN-GGCE
The United Nations Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence (UN-GGCE) vision is a future where all countries have strong support for geodesy which enables them to – together – strengthen the foundations of satellite-based services and accelerate the achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals to derive social, environmental and economic benefits. For more information about the UN-GGCE please visit: https://ggim.un.org/UNGGCE/
About Hexagon
Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division improves the resilience and sustainability of the world’s critical services and infrastructure. Our solutions turn complex data about people, places and assets into meaningful information and capabilities for better, faster decision-making in public safety, defense, transportation, government and physical security.
Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 24,800 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.4bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com.
