In a series of small ceremonies, the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday shut down Loran-C, a navigation and timing system that has guided mariners and aviators since World War II. The death blow came last May ...

India’s satellite navigation system, known as NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation), was born out of a difficult ...

Estonian portal Delfi reports that a covert Russian military facility in the Królewiec region, located just east of Poland’s border, is behind GPS interference over the Baltic states and the Gulf of ...

Learn about the U.S.-developed Global Positioning System (GPS), a vital satellite navigation system used worldwide for everything from personal navigation to precise timing and emergency services.

Iran’s reported plans to sign up to China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system could expand Beijing’s footprint in the Middle ...

The entire U.S. economy rests on a single point of failure,” writes Jerald Fritz, “and its loss would be catastrophic.” ...

The marine insurance world is facing a new and serious concern — the growing threat of GPS spoofing. This is a trick where false signals are sent to a ship’s GPS system, causing it to believe it’s in ...

GPS is an acronym for Global Positioning System. It is a satellite navigation system providing distance, time, and position measurements in the world coordinate system. To put it simply, it is a ...

A system designed to work even if GPS access is denied is planned for F-22 fighter jets and E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes. Here's why.

In recent years, the system’s reach has expanded to include missions that are between approximately 1,800 miles (2,896 kilometers) and 22,000 miles (35,405 km) in altitude.

Jennifer Ouellette – Jun 17, 2023 2:30 PM | 121 Cosmic rays showering down on Earth's atmosphere are the basis of a new wireless alternative to GPS navigation. Credit: 2015 Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka ...

AeroVironment Inc. has introduced Puma VNS, a visual-based navigation system for its Puma 2 AE and Puma 3 AE small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS). The system enables navigation across GPS-denied ...