Norse Navigation

Norse Navigation AS has joined Ocean Autonomy Cluster, bringing new momentum to resilient and cost-efficient maritime navigation. The Trondheim-based company is ready to challenge a large, global and slow-moving maritime navigation market. Europe has already invested heavily in world-class space infrastructure for positioning and navigation, but much of its potential has not yet reached everyday maritime operations. Modern resilience technology exists, but it has not been packaged and priced in a way that allows broad market adoption. Norse Navigation aims to change that, with the first products planned for early 2027. Today, many vessels still rely on conventional navigation sensors, while new resilience needs are often handled through expensive add-ons or non-certified decision-support systems. These systems may be useful, but they can also add complexity and create parallel information flows next to the ship’s main navigation displays. Norse Navigation takes a different approach. The company is building resilience into the certified navigation equipment itself. The ambition is to make safer and more trustworthy navigation available at scale for commercial vessels and USVs, not only for high-end, defence or niche applications. Kristian Knudtzon (Chair of the Board), Henrik Foss (CEO), Thomas Lund (COO), and Gulleik Olsen (Project Manager). Photo: Norse Navigation The company focuses on practical products for real vessel deployment: fewer boxes, simpler commissioning, clear user interfaces and lower lifecycle cost. As commercial vessels and USVs become more automated and connected, trusted navigation data becomes even more critical. “For us, the opportunity is not just to add more technology to the bridge. It is to challenge an established market with resilient navigation products that can actually scale. The maritime industry needs solutions that are certified, cost-efficient, easy to install and easy to trust in real operations. That is what we are building,” says Henrik Foss, Founder and CEO of Norse Navigation. “For Norse, Ocean Autonomy Cluster is a valuable arena for meeting companies that are working on many of the same challenges from different angles. We already work closely with vessel owners, integrators and technology providers, but clusters like this help create the conversations, shared understanding and collaboration needed to move the whole industry forward faster than any one company can do alone,” says Foss. Norse Navigation brings experience from maritime navigation, product certification, cyber-secure system design and industrial product development. The company’s broader ambition is to make resilient navigation a practical upgrade path for the maritime mass market.

Norse Navigation

Norse Navigation joins Ocean Autonomy Cluster to strengthen resilient maritime navigation

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