When I first heard of IFEN, it was a competitor on the EGNOS and Galileo programs that NovAtel was trying to get into. Each ITT (Intention To Tender) that our team in Calgary bid on, we were to be weighed against what IFEN or Septentrio had proposed. NovAtel did eventually capture its first study contract, and has now gone on to play a significant role on both programs, while a number of European GNSS start-ups have gone on to become contenders on the worldwide GNSS market. This article focuses on IFEN — a company that may be not well known in North America.