The global positioning system (GPS) constellation comprises 24 or more satellites in six orbital planes at an altitude of approximately 12,550 miles. Synchronized with on-board atomic clocks, the ...

NextNav has released a national Public Policy Polling survey indicating strong voter support for establishing a ground-based backup to the Global Positioning System (GPS), with a ten-to-one margin ...

No audio available for this content. Click to read Richard Langley’s Innovation Insights column, “GNSS jamming and spoofing.” Figure 1: GPSJAM map on March 23, 2024. The map is based on GPS accuracy ...

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The rise of GPS vulnerability is putting more resilient, atom-based navigational tools on the map. In late September, a Spanish military plane carrying the country’s defense minister to a base in ...

Maxar, a provider of commercial satellite imagery, has developed a visual navigation solution for aircraft operating in GPS-denied environments. The Colorado-based firm is best known for its private ...

While there is no official confirmation about who is responsible for the widespread jamming, Iran has been suspected of ...

Even train tickets using a QR code could soon be out of date, with passengers tracking their journeys on their phones instead. A new type of ticket is being trialled from today, which uses GPS data to ...