GPS is a satellite-based navigation system that provides location and time information, regardless of weather conditions. It’s accurate anywhere on or near Earth where there’s an unobstructed line of ...

THE TROUBLE with first-mover advantage is that it devalues quickly. Once the hard work of inventing a technology has been done, others are free to copy and improve it. Take the Global Positioning ...

The country’s GPS systems might be more vulnerable than you think — and the stakes are high. A Global Positioning System failure could affect transportation, banking and emergency operations. But ...

Russian GPS jamming allegedly targeted European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's jet as it tried to land at an airport in Bulgaria, officials in Brussels said. The Kremlin called the ...

Researchers discovered two brain regions that work as a “neural compass,” keeping people oriented in virtual city navigation. These areas tracked direction consistently, hinting at new ways to detect ...

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 ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed personnel to sharply increase the number of immigrants they shackle with GPS-enabled ankle monitors, as the Trump administration widens ...

A new Esri book, GeoAI: Artificial Intelligence in GIS, provides real-life stories about public- and private-sector organizations as well as NGOs and nonprofits successfully using GeoAI (artificial ...

Think about the last time you walked down a crowded street, biked along a rocky hiking trail, or swum in a lake. You probably didn't have to stop and think about how you were going to navigate those ...

Startup Xona Space Systems hopes to provide an unspoofable alternative to increasingly threatened GPS. Later this month, an inconspicuous 150-kilogram satellite is set to launch into space aboard the ...

Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Friday, May 30, liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the GPS III-7 mission for the Space Force. Original story: It's a ...