iDvera

Assured position, navigation & timing - when GPS is jammed, denied or spoofed

GPS denied.
Mission intact.

iDvera's ALIS delivers physics-native positioning that keeps working where GPS can't - indoors, underground, and in contested environments. It runs on the sensors already in your platforms and devices. No satellites, no new infrastructure, nothing an adversary can jam.

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Economic exposure $1B / day Estimated U.S. economic impact of a GPS outage*
Threat growth 500% Increase in GPS spoofing incidents since 2023†
Daily disruption 1,500+ Flights affected by GPS interference every day‡
INCIDENT WIRE

The threat

Location failures are already front-page news

"By integrating physics-based modeling with artificial intelligence, iDvera sets a new standard of trusted location intelligence that is resilient, verifiable, and secure. ATI is proud to support iDvera as they develop their technology and expand their impact across mission-critical applications."
Austin Technology Incubator
Austin Technology Incubator
The University of Texas at Austin · Announcement →
Affiliations & partners Austin Technology Incubator Foundation for Infrastructure Resiliency University of Texas System

Where ALIS operates

Built for the missions GPS can't cover

Drones & autonomy

Navigation that survives jamming

GPS-independent positioning for UAS and autonomous platforms operating in denied or degraded environments.

Drone missions → Defense & government

Position assurance for the mission

Trusted location for defense, federal and public-safety operations - indoors, underground and in contested areas.

Government missions → Technology

Physics-native, not signal-dependent

ALIS derives position from the physical environment using onboard sensors - no satellites, beacons or new infrastructure.

How ALIS works →

See ALIS hold position with GPS off.

Tell us about your platform and operating environment - we'll show you what physics-native positioning looks like in it.

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How ALIS works

Not breaking physics. Giving it more to work with.

Most location systems assume GPS, Wi-Fi or cell towers are telling the truth. When those signals are jammed, spoofed, blocked or just wrong, everything built on top of them fails. ALIS starts from physics instead - using the physical world as its reference frame and fusing it with sensor data your platforms already produce.

PRINCIPLE / ANCHOR

Physics as the anchor

ALIS treats the physical world as the starting point, not an afterthought. If a claimed location would require the laws of nature to be wrong, ALIS treats it as suspect - regardless of what GPS, Wi-Fi or the app says.

PRINCIPLE / SENSORS

More signals, same devices

ALIS works with sensors that already exist in modern platforms and gets stronger as you add channels. It can run on a baseline sensor set alone, or pull in additional signals to refine position and stability - one engine, plug-in channels.

PRINCIPLE / ASSURANCE

Position and assurance, not just coordinates

For each burst of readings, ALIS converges on likely locations and assigns confidence to each - a position that holds in GPS-denied environments, plus a trust signal your systems can act on.

Comparison

Where ALIS fills the gaps

Different positioning technologies have different strengths and vulnerabilities. ALIS covers the environments where GPS and network methods fail.

Capability GPS / GNSS Wi-Fi Cellular / 5G ALIS
Works outdoorsYESLIMITEDYESYES
Works indoorsNOYESDEGRADEDYES
Works undergroundNOIF DEPLOYEDNOYES
Resistant to spoofingNONOPARTIALYES
Resistant to jammingNOPARTIALPARTIALYES
No infrastructure requiredYESNONOYES
Works in urban canyonsDEGRADEDVARIABLEVARIABLEYES
Uses device sensors onlyNONONOYES

Evaluating alternative PNT?

We'll walk your team through the physics-native approach, integration paths and what a pilot looks like on your platform.

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Mission areas

Where trusted position is mission-critical

iDvera goes deep in the markets where a wrong position carries real consequences. Drones, defense and government lead our focus today, and the same physics-native engine already serves critical infrastructure, logistics, identity and financial customers.

Unmanned aircraft flying at dusk over a harbor
01 / Drones & autonomous systems

Navigation that survives jamming, spoofing and GPS denial

Unmanned systems are only as reliable as their position source - and GPS is the first thing an adversary takes away. ALIS gives UAS, UGV and autonomous platforms a physics-native position derived from onboard sensors and the physical environment, so missions continue when satellite navigation is jammed, spoofed or simply unavailable.

  • GPS-denied navigation for UAS in contested or degraded airspace
  • Spoofing detection and position cross-checks for BVLOS and autonomous flight
  • Indoor, underground and urban-canyon flight where satellite signals never reach
Two operators on a ridge at night checking positions on handheld devices above a valley of city lights
02 / Defense & government

Mission-critical positioning for contested environments

Defense, federal and public-safety teams operate indoors, underground, in urban canyons and in contested areas where GPS is unreliable, denied or actively hostile. ALIS provides a position and a confidence score that hold up in GPS-denied environments - supporting command-and-control, accountability, mission planning and after-action review.

  • Alternative PNT for platforms and dismounted teams in jammed environments
  • First responder and team positioning inside buildings and complex structures
  • Search and rescue coordination in GPS-denied or degraded environments
  • Location assurance for secure facilities, personnel accountability and audit
High-voltage transmission towers in silhouette at dusk receding toward a glowing city skyline
03 / Critical infrastructure & OT

Secure operations in GPS-denied environments

Energy grids, water systems and industrial facilities increasingly face GPS jamming, spoofing and outages where safety and uptime matter most. ALIS provides GPS-independent positioning for crews and assets, so OT teams can see where work is really happening and cross-check it against the physical world.

  • Substation, pipeline and facility access verification independent of GPS
  • Field crew location documentation for safety and audit
  • Underground and indoor facility positioning for critical operations

Also serving

Commercial operations

The same physics-native position assurance extends to industries where fraud, safety and compliance depend on knowing where things really are.

Freight & logistics

Verify carriers, stop fraud

Location-backed carrier verification, double-broker detection and audit-ready chain-of-custody for high-value freight.

Identity & 4MFA

Location as the fourth factor

A sensor-derived location factor for zero-trust access, workforce presence verification and anomaly detection.

Financial services

High-integrity transactions

Physics-native location signals for KYC/KYB, AML workflows and high-value transaction attestation.

Asset tracking

Indoor precision, no beacons

Fine-grained indoor positioning for inventory, AGVs and personnel safety - using the environment itself.

Operating where GPS can't follow?

If any of this matches what you're seeing on the ground, we should talk.

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Research

How physics-based positioning becomes a trust layer

Papers and briefs from the iDvera team on location assurance for defense, autonomy, identity and infrastructure.

Featured white paper · March 2026

The Collapse of RF Trust and the Need for Assured State

Why navigation and authentication must become physics-anchored - and how ALIS addresses the integrity problem RF-first architectures cannot solve.

For defense, autonomy and critical infrastructure evaluators Read the paper →
Cargo ship at night on a dark ocean, bridge lights glowing, navigating by instruments
Paper

Signal-Based Location Fragility and Why ALIS Is a Physics-Anchored Alternative

Why coordinate truth should not be an act of faith - the quiet failure mode in high-consequence systems.

For defense and critical infrastructure leaders
→ Paper

ALIS: A Physics-First Trust Layer for Resilient Positioning and Verifiable Location

Modern systems fail because they act on positions that should not have been trusted. ALIS treats location as a claim, not a fact.

The foundational paper on physics-anchored location trust
→ Paper

The Invisible Revolution: How Physics-Based Positioning Will Power Our Next Digital Leap

Why the next wave of digital trust will rely on physical signatures, not just satellite signals and IP addresses.

For security, logistics and infrastructure stakeholders
→ Brief

Designing with Location as a Factor in Zero-Trust Architectures

Patterns for incorporating location assurance alongside identity, device health and behavior.

For CISOs and identity architects
→ Note

Location Assurance for Critical Operations and Infrastructure Resilience

How location assurance supports emergency response and continuity planning.

For infrastructure partners
→ Note

Location as a Primitive in AI Governance

Treating physics-native context as a first-class feature in AI policy engines.

For AI governance architects
→ Brief

Santa Can't Get Lost: Why All the Reindeer Must Work Together

A seasonal meditation on resilient PNT - "fusion without trust is just averaging lies."

A lighter take on a serious problem
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Press

iDvera in the news

Greg Steinberg, founder of iDvera and inventor of ALIS
Texas State University SBDC · Jul 2026

Client Spotlight: iDvera Founder Greg Steinberg

The SBDC's Quarter 2 Legislative Update spotlights Greg Steinberg, founder of iDvera and inventor of ALIS. Driven by the belief that trusted positioning shouldn't depend on signals that can be jammed, spoofed or lost, Greg began developing ALIS full-time in 2022 - and the newsletter highlights a major milestone: ALIS determining position on a standard iPhone with GPS, Wi-Fi, cellular and Location Services completely disabled at the system level.

Quarter 2 Legislative Update
iDvera - Location Without Limits
KMTV 3 News Now Omaha · May 15, 2026 · TV segment

Are Nebraska Startups the Key to Reversing the State's Brain Drain Problem?

Omaha's KMTV features co-founder Stephen Kaniewski in a segment on Nebraska's growing startup ecosystem. Stephen explains how ALIS determines location with "no cell towers, no satellites, no wifi" - and says iDvera will hire Nebraskans to work in Nebraska, giving graduates a reason to stay.

By Mary Nelson · KMTV

Watch the segment →
Stephen Kaniewski
Silicon Prairie News · March 4, 2026

Former Valmont CEO Now Plans to Grow Location Tech Startup iDvera in Omaha

After five years leading Valmont Industries, Stephen Kaniewski chose a startup tackling one of the hardest problems in modern infrastructure - knowing where things actually are. He joined iDvera as a co-founder to bring Fortune 500 operational depth to physics-native location assurance.

By Lev Gringauz · Silicon Prairie News

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Company

About iDvera

iDvera exists because our founder watched a "trusted" location story fall apart. While consulting for a SaaS company, he was asked to quietly validate two new hires who were supposed to be based in Chicago. Their schedules looked identical, they were often offline at odd hours - and every digital signal (VPN, device checks, IP-based location) still said "Chicago."

One day both accounts briefly came online without the usual VPN, revealing they weren't in Chicago, they weren't within CONUS as required, and they weren't even two people - it was one individual posing as two employees from overseas.

That experience raised a simple question existing tools couldn't answer reliably: "How do you know someone is where they say they are?" iDvera was started to answer it. Greg, the founder and inventor of ALIS, spent several years developing the physics-native technology behind the system. As it matured, his father Dr. Samuel Steinberg joined as co-founder, and in 2025 Stephen Kaniewski, former CEO of Valmont Industries, joined as co-founder - bringing deep experience in industrial infrastructure, global operations and customer relationships.

Today the team is evolving ALIS into both a verification layer and a positioning capability that operates even when GPS and common wireless signals are missing, jammed or untrustworthy - so "where" can stand as a signal organizations can actually trust.

PATENTED METHODS

Covering GPS-independent positioning, physics-native location assurance and related methods underpinning the ALIS system.

DOD PNT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT

Our founder serves as a Department of Defense Subject Matter Expert for Position, Navigation, and Timing - direct insight into defense-grade location assurance requirements.

AFFILIATIONS

Affiliated with the Austin Technology Incubator and the Foundation for Infrastructure Resiliency.

Greg Steinberg

Greg Steinberg M.S., MBA

Co-founder

Leads the vision for ALIS and iDvera's physics-native location assurance system. Holds multiple patents in GPS-independent positioning; background spans navigation systems and work with defense and critical-infrastructure stakeholders.

LinkedIn →
Dr. Samuel Steinberg

Dr. Samuel Steinberg MBA, Ph.D.

Co-Founder & President

30+ years of healthcare leadership and operational expertise. Former CEO of Graduate Health Systems and Hahnemann University Hospital; former EVP at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

LinkedIn →
Stephen Kaniewski

Stephen Kaniewski

Co-Founder & CEO

Former CEO of Valmont Industries, a Fortune 1000 industrial manufacturer. Deep experience in M&A, strategic partnerships, and scaling operations - including mission-critical equipment for defense contractors and industrial operators.

LinkedIn →
Allan Howard

Allan Howard

VP Sales

Leads commercial strategy and go-to-market for iDvera, driving business development and building the partnerships bringing ALIS to market. Deep experience in strategic partnerships with a strong business-to-government (B2G) background.

LinkedIn →

Contact

Request a briefing

Tell us about your platform and operating environment and we'll show you how ALIS applies - from GPS-denied drone navigation to position assurance for government operations.

Identify use cases

Where trusted, physics-native location adds the most value to your mission.

Discuss our API / SDK

How ALIS plugs into your existing platforms and sensors.

Explore deployment & partnerships

Integration options, deployment models and how we can work together.

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