Bryan Roth had been hiking and scrambling for a while, with drop-offs evident around him, when his guides held out coveralls ...

The Defense Department’s space-based Global Positioning System is essential to U.S. national security and critical to the success of our military operations around the world, the commander of the ...

Roth was standing at the edge of a cave in Pirkanmaa, Finland. Inside, he knew, was a geocache: a container that was stashed ...

As part of NASA’s increased interest in returning to the moon, the ability to acquire accurate, onboard navigation solutions will be indispensable for autonomous operations in cis-lunar space (see ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Axient, recently acquired by Astrion, has been awarded a Performer Agreement through the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) between the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) ...

The U.S. Air Force began deploying the Global Positioning System — more commonly known as GPS — nearly 50 years ago, satellites which have become critical infrastructure for both the military and the ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 15, 2013 – With today’s launch of the fourth GPS IIF satellite, Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Air Force continue modernizing the Global Positioning System that millions of ...

AFRL's NTS-3 depicted in GEO orbit in this rendering for L3 Harris Technologies is advertised as a "transformative PNT" advanced. In truth, it's evolutionary, not revolutionary. The American military ...

First off, let me offer my prayers for those who were affected by the powerful earthquake that occurred in Haiti yesterday (Tuesday). You can view USGS maps of the area here. ESRI is offering Disaster ...

Satellite technology has become a cornerstone of commercial aviation, enhancing navigation precision, in-flight connectivity, ...

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 ...