This week, The Dawn of Autonomy podcast wraps up “”Defense Tech”” month, sponsored by Volatus Aerospace, with Dr. Mario Paniccia, CEO and Co-Founder of ANELLO Photonics. A world-renowned photonics expert with over 20 years in the industry, Mario co-founded ANELLO to solve one of autonomy’s most critical challenges — reliable navigation when GPS is jammed, spoofed, or simply unavailable. Based in Santa Clara, California, ANELLO’s Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope (SiPhOG™) delivers fiber-optic-class precision in a compact, cost-efficient form factor, backed by over 45 issued patents and an AI-driven sensor fusion engine. In this episode, Mario discusses how ANELLO’s navigation technology is enabling defense, maritime, UAS, and autonomous vehicle platforms to operate with confidence in GPS-denied and contested environments. He shares updates on the company’s recent U.S. Navy Phase II SBIR contract, its new Maritime INS platform, and its latest strategic collaborations with Q-CTRL and Mythos AI — all pointing toward a future where assured positioning is built into every autonomous system, across land, air, and sea. Tune in to hear how ANELLO Photonics is redefining the standard for GPS-independent navigation — and why in an era of signal denial, precision is no longer optional.
