Nextnav Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

NextNav (NASDAQ: NN), a leader in next-generation positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) and 3D geolocation, has successfully closed a $190 million private placement of 5% redeemable senior secured convertible notes due 2028. The company received net proceeds of approximately $188.6 million after deducting fees and expenses.

The company plans to use part of these proceeds to redeem its existing $70 million aggregate principal amount of 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2026. The redemption will be executed at 101% of the principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest.

NextNav (NASDAQ: NN) has announced a significant financial transaction involving $190 million of 5% redeemable senior secured convertible notes due June 30, 2028. The deal is led by M-Cor Capital, and Fortress Investment Group. Approximately $70 million of the proceeds will be used to redeem existing 10% Senior Secured Notes due December 1, 2026.

The new notes will have a conversion price of $12.56 per share, representing a 20% premium to the trailing 10-day closing price average prior to March 11, 2025. The notes become redeemable after one year if NextNav's stock price exceeds 160% of the conversion price for at least 20 days within any 30-day trading period.

At closing, both M-Cor and Fortress will receive warrants to purchase shares at various price points: 1.5 million shares at $20, 950,000 shares at $17, and 1.45 million shares at $12.56. The transaction is expected to close around March 31, 2025.

NextNav (NASDAQ: NN) reported its Q4 and full year 2024 financial results, highlighting progress in GPS complement and backup solutions. Q4 revenue reached $1.9M (vs $1.2M in prior year), while full-year revenue was $5.7M (vs $3.9M in 2023). The company reported a Q4 operating loss of $14.8M and a net loss of $32.3M.

Key operational highlights include successful lab and field demonstrations of their 5G PRS-based PNT technology, and the release of a bipartisan poll showing strong support for GPS backup systems. The company ended 2024 with $80.1M in cash and equivalents, carrying $54.6M in net debt.

The FCC, under Chairman Carr, issued a Notice of Inquiry emphasizing the need for GPS complement and backup systems, marking a significant regulatory milestone for NextNav's strategic initiatives.

NextNav, a leader in next-generation positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) and 3D geolocation, has released a new national Public Policy Polling survey showing overwhelming bipartisan support for creating a ground-based complement and backup to GPS. The poll reveals that voters support this initiative by a margin of ten-to-one across various demographic categories.

Key findings from the survey of 1,133 registered voters include:

• 83% find GPS backup important for public safety and first responder effectiveness
• 82% consider it important for American commerce and national security
• 81% believe it necessary to compete with China
• 81% support GPS backup given that an outage would cost the economy $1.6 billion daily

Additionally, 68% of voters agree that creating a GPS backup represents an urgent national security need, with only 12% disagreeing. The survey, conducted January 24-25, 2025, has a margin of error of +/- 2.9%.

NextNav (Nasdaq: NN), a leader in next generation positioning, navigation, timing and 3D geolocation, has scheduled its fourth quarter and full year 2024 earnings release for March 12, 2025, after market close. The company will host a conference call at 5:00 PM ET on the same day to discuss the results.

Participants can register for the conference call through a dedicated registration website. The earnings call will also be available via live webcast on NextNav's investor relations website. A replay of the call will be accessible through March 19, 2025.

NextNav (Nasdaq: NN) has submitted a comprehensive study to the FCC demonstrating that 5G operations can successfully coexist with unlicensed devices in the Lower 900 MHz band. The 66-page study reveals that 5G deployment would not cause unacceptable interference to Part 15 devices.

Key findings from the study conducted in San Francisco show that:

• 5G would produce lower emissions than NextNav's authorized legacy M-LMS location service
• The Lower 900 MHz band is dominated by intra- and inter-Part 15 contention, with 5G's contribution being negligible
• Indoor unlicensed signals are significantly stronger than 5G operations in most locations

The study analyzed five unlicensed technologies: LoRaWAN, RAIN RFID, Wi-Fi HaLow, Wi-SUN, and Z-Wave. NextNav has also retained a testing firm for joint testing with railroad licensees and is in discussions with toll operators to evaluate coexistence scenarios.

NextNav (Nasdaq: NN) has successfully completed lab and field demonstrations of its Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solution using Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) standards in 5G waveforms. The tests, conducted in Palo Alto, California using NextNav's existing spectrum, validated precise timing synchronization and positioning capabilities.

The achievement marks a significant step toward developing a terrestrial complement and backup to GPS signals through 5G networks. NextNav has petitioned the FCC to reconfigure the Lower 900 MHz band to enable a 5G-based terrestrial 3D PNT solution while supporting 5G broadband deployment.

The company will showcase this technology and host industry discussions at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2025.

NextNav Inc. (NASDAQ: NN) has appointed Renee Gregory as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs to lead the company's FCC regulatory approval process and compliance work. Gregory brings over 20 years of experience from both government and private sectors, including roles at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and Federal Communications Commission.

In her new role, Gregory will be instrumental in advancing NextNav's mission to provide next-generation location technologies and a terrestrial complement to GPS for national security. The company has petitioned the FCC to reconfigure the Lower 900 MHz band to enable a 5G-based terrestrial 3D PNT service that can serve as a GPS backup while supporting 5G broadband deployment.

NextNav (Nasdaq: NN) co-founder and CTO Arun Raghupathy has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Maryland's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. As CTO, Raghupathy leads NextNav's engineering efforts across Systems, Algorithms, Hardware, Firmware and Software domains, contributing to the company's PNT and 3D geolocation technologies with over 50 issued patents. His prior experience includes key roles at Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, where he made significant contributions to cellular modem and GPS technology development.