Today, GPS is a common instrument in cars and boats, but how about on snowmobiles and dogsleds? Due to the hard work and collaboration of multiple student groups from the University of Calgary, ...

Historically, GPS receiver designers have relied on a combination of simulation and drive testing to characterize a receiver's performance in difficult environments. While GPS signal simulation ...

Our everyday GPS struggles in “urban canyons,” where skyscrapers bounce satellite signals, confusing even advanced navigation ...

What is Spirent’s GPS origin story? Spirent’s GPS genesis began on a rooftop in the middle of the night in the early 1980s. Engineers were attempting to acquire the new GPS signals with their ...

Car GPS trackers have come a long way from simply pinpointing your vehicle's location. Today, these devices deliver a suite of connectivity options—like real-time updates, customized driving reports, ...

Designed around the 8960 wireless communications test set's recently-added A-GPS assistance data messaging test capabilities, the GS-9000 Assisted GPS (A-GPS) design verification test systems support ...

As the threat posed by GPS spoofing grows, the U.S. government is keen to make GPS-reliant equipment more resilient. (Sgt. Christopher Osburn/Army) This summer, the Department of Homeland Security’s ...

From the stopwatch/fifth-wheel/radar era to GPS and from 0–60 and the quarter mile to the figure-eight test and more, we’ve come a long way.

Raytheon Company, a major defense contractor with operations in Marlborough, said testing of an important component of a GPS operational control system it is developing for the U.S. Air Force is ...

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) reached another milestone in developing the U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System, known as GPS OCX, with the completion of the ...