These days, GPS positioning is a fact of life for many people. GPS receivers are built into everything from phones to tablets to cameras, and standalone GPS devices loaded with maps continue to be ...

Today the US Space Force launched its newest satellite, one of only a handful of the new GPS III design, which is more accurate and more resistant to interference—like signal-jamming—than its older ...

Losing GPS would mean losing a lot more than Google Maps. The technology is integrated into everything from lights that turn ...

South Korea plans to beef up its surveillance system against North Korea's electronic jamming signals, which targeted its civilian facilities in the past. Unnamed sources told Yonhap News Agency ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. In May 2000, President Bill Clinton authorized the removal of a security feature from the Global Positioning System -- a decision that ...

When it meets this summer, the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing likely will discuss reviving an enhanced version of a World War II timing system to ...

At a recent search-and-rescue boot camp I attended, it was clear during unscientific tests I performed that a standalone, dedicated Global Positioning System device wasmore accurate navigating to ...

No one knows what Russia will do next, including potentially jamming America’s Global Positioning System (GPS). With Congressional passage of the omnibus spending bill for 2022 imminent, reasonable ...

Experts involved in the operation of US civilian and military time standards have worked with two companies to identify a practical GPS backup possibility: commercial fiber-optic telecommunications ...

Magellan is tossing its hat into the sporty ring today, with the Switch and Switch Up -- a pair of GPS watches designed for number-crunching runners, cyclists and other endurance enthusiasts. Boasting ...

Europe’s experimental navigation spacecraft GIOVE-A has picked up signals from several Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, a novel achievement that completes its primary mission objectives.