Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 - Satellite navigation systems (GNSS) have now been widely taken up by the public at large as a geolocation and guidance service, but the technology developed to date has a much wider potential use ra
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 12, 2018 - The Pentagon and Israel's Defense Ministry have launched 'Urban Navigation Challenge', a startup competition to create advanced 'counter-terror' navigation systems which don't use GPS. The project m
Paris (AFP) Feb 06, 2018 - The Galileo satellite navigation system, Europe's rival to the United States' GPS, has nearly 100 million users after its first year of operation, the French space agency CNES said Thursday.
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 - Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as the prime contractor to develop EGNOS V3, the next generation of the European Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) planned to pro
Washington (AFP) Jan 29, 2018 - The US military is reviewing how troops use fitness trackers and other devices, the Pentagon said Monday after an exercise-logging company published a map revealing potentially sensitive information about US and allied forces in places including the Middle East.
Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Jan 12, 2018 - We have been working hard to bring into service the next nine real-time satellites into our continuously expanding exactView RT powered by Harris service. Now with 18 satellites in service, we are p
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018 - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that quantum physics might enable communications and mapping in locations where GPS and ordinary cellphones
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 - Raytheon was awarded a modified contract from the U.S. Army for M982 Excalibur projectiles.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 26, 2017 - Underground settings are becoming increasingly relevant to global security and safety. Rising populations and urbanization are requiring military and civilian first responders to perform their dutie
Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2017 - With GPS-guided bombs, armed drones beaming footage via satellite and spy cameras scooping up intel from the heavens, America's military machine is growing ever more reliant on space-based technology.
Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 19, 2017 - At any given time, there are approximately 59,000 aircraft in flight worldwide. The ability to effectively track, monitor and report these aircraft is paramount to ensuring the safety of passengers
Denver CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2017 - The first advanced GPS III satellite successfully established remote connectivity and communicated with the Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX), further validating the U.S. Air Force's
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 11, 2017 - For its 11th launch of the year, and the sixth Ariane 5 liftoff from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana during 2017, Arianespace will orbit four more satellites for the Galileo constella
Paris (ESA) Dec 11, 2017 - Europe's next four Galileo navigation satellites are in place atop their Ariane 5, ready to be launched next Tuesday. Liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana is scheduled for
Paris (ESA) Dec 05, 2017 - ESA Director General Jan Worner signed a Memorandum of Intent with Rolls-Royce today, as the two entities agree to investigate how space technology can be used to develop autonomous and remote-contr
Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2017 - The U.S. Air Force has tested Raytheon's next-generation military-code GPS receiver aboard a B-2 Spirit bomber.
