New navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit could provide 100 times stronger signal strength compared to GPS and other global navigation satellite systems operating from higher orbital ...

Russian satellites have been identified as the cause of mysterious, seconds-long bursts of GPS interference across Europe—a rare example of human-made GPS interference coming from space. But ...

Scientists and U.S. military briefers have linked short, widespread interference incidents to Russia, revealing vulnerabilities in a technology essential to everyday society. By Riley Mellen and Eric ...

GPS trackers have come a long way over the years. The best ones now give you real-time location, movement alerts, and trip history from your phone. And when something feels off, you can pull up an ...

Within 24 hours of the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, ships in the region’s waters found their navigation systems had gone haywire, erroneously indicating that the vessels were at airports, a ...

We just finished the year that marked the 30th anniversary of America’s Global Positioning System reaching full operational capacity. What began as a military tool to enable U.S. military forces to ...

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) defines a servo device as “an adjustable-speed AC power drive system that includes an AC motor integrated by feedback, a converter, and control, ...

A US military space-plane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle, is due to embark on its eighth flight into space on August 21 2025. Much of what the X-37B does in space is secret. But it serves partly as a ...

A new study from researchers in the U.S. and Germany examines how blindly following GPS directions can lead to dangerous (and sometimes fatal) navigation errors. Scientists from the USA and Bremen ...

BAE Systems unveiled a diverse line of M-code GPS receivers at the Joint Navigation Conference in Cincinnati, rounding out an extensive line of products that ensure U.S. warfighters have the most ...

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 ...