Like many people, I’ve come to take for granted the availability of navigation systems in cars and handheld devices based on the Global Positioning System. But it was all abstract until I recently ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems, Inc. announced today it has reached definitive agreements for the proposed acquisitions of Collins Aerospace’s military Global Positioning System (GPS) ...

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) underpin modern positioning and navigation, integrating signals from multiple satellite constellations such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou. Recent ...

Fielding of the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing System (MAPS) GEN II hardware is underway across the Army ...

Satellite navigation startup Xona Space Systems has secured $92 million in new funding through a Series B offering. The latest tranche brings the Silicon Valley venture's total funding to over $150 ...

A U.S. Space Force technician conducts GPS interference training with a GPS electromagnetic attack system at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. U.S. adversaries will attempt to jam GPS signals ...

Marking the occasion of the sixty years since its foundation in 1951, the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is pleased to announce that its 60th Anniversary Award will be given to the ...

Around 12,500 miles above our heads, the satellites that make up the Global Positioning System (GPS) quietly keep the world running. A blackout would result in almost instantaneous chaos. “You would ...

Many of us take navigation for granted; when we're lost, we simply pull out our phones and open Google Maps to find where we are. You could even ask Siri to give you directions if you don't want to be ...

"Redundancy is ambiguous because it seems like a waste if nothing unusual happens. Except that something unusual happens—usually.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author, distinguished professor of risk ...