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 ...

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.

But when it comes to America’s GPS network, there’s no backup. It’s an Achilles’ heel that the country’s enemies know all too ...

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

The Starlink receivers need positioning and precise timing information to function, and currently the best way to get that information is to use a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) such as … ...

The Navstar/GPS system wasn't done serving as a high-tech tool of war, however. Less than a decade after it was rolled out to the public, the Magellan Nav 1000 hit the shelves in 1989.

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

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 $6.1 billion Raytheon Technologies Corp. system of 17 worldwide ground stations to control the Pentagon’s GPS satellite constellation has newly discovered software flaws, delaying its delivery ...

Japan is set to expand its GPS-style satellite system to 11, improving location accuracy nationwide by several centimeters, according to Tokyo's space policy committee. Nikkei Asia reports that ...

Dual-band GPS and GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System) support Preloaded off-road and trail maps Barometric altimeter and electronic compass Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity ...