A short story about us

The CLEPSYDRA Consortium brings together leading European companies and research organizations with solid expertise in GNSS technologies and advanced timing applications.

Each partner contributes its own specialized knowledge, technology, and innovation capacity to jointly design and develop the Galileo Timing Receiver, a state-of-the-art solution that will enhance Europe’s capabilities in precise time dissemination and synchronization.

The consortium
THALES ALENIA SPACE

Thales Alenia Space is a leading global space manufacturer that, for more than 40 years, has been delivering high-technology solutions in telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, environmental management, exploration, science, and orbital infrastructures.

Leveraging the diversity, expertise, and innovation of its people, the company enables its customers – including governments, institutions, space agencies, and telecom operators – to harness space to connect and secure, to observe and protect, and to explore, travel, and navigate beyond the limits of our world.

ELPROMA

ELPROMA Elektronika (ELPROMA) has consolidated knowledge and experience in designing resilient time systems resistant to cyber-attacks and NTP/PTP (IEEE1588) desynchronization, as well as in all the supporting techniques and algorithms acquired in several projects essential for supporting any IT/OT of critical infrastructure described in EU NIS2 directive.

Piktime Systems sp. z o.o. is a satellite techniques and precise time sector company, established in 2007, fully owned by Polish natural persons. The company concentrates on development and manufacturing scientific equipment for: 

  • Precise, long-distance atomic clocks comparison.

  • Precise Time & Frequency (T&F) counters with precision of a few picoseconds for direct comparisons.

  • Dissemination of precise T&F signals using optical fibres (co-operation with University of Mining & Industry in Kraków).

PIK TIME SYSTEMS

BIP is a leading European consulting firm founded in 2003, with over 5,500 professionals supporting organizations in their digital transformation journeys.
Combining strategic insight, technological expertise, and a cross-disciplinary approach, BIP helps companies innovate and integrate disruptive technologies across all business layers, from strategy to system implementation.
The firm operates globally, partnering with over 1,500 clients in more than 40 countries.

BUSINESS INTEGRATION PARTNERS
GEA SPACE

GEA Space is a Czech innovative company established in 2015, combining the extensive experience of a large organization with the agility and user-focused innovation of a lean enterprise. Leveraging nearly 30 years of expertise from its founder in space technologies, GEA Space delivers cutting-edge services, products, and integrated solutions across both the upstream (Satellite Navigation, SATCOM, Earth Observation) and downstream application domains of the New Space sector.