We’re all familiar with the stories of what happens when someone follows their GPS directions too literally and pays no attention to what’s actually around them. Turn right, then in a quarter of a ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was flying into Bulgaria when her plane's GPS system was jammed in a suspected Russian operation, forcing pilots to rely on backup navigation and old ...

An AI system has been developed in the UK that pinpoints a device’s location in dense urban areas without relying on GPS. PEnG promises a reliable and precise alternative for navigation - AdobeStock ...

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Forward-looking: As reliance on satellite navigation grows, aviation faces rising risks from GPS jamming and spoofing. Disruptions – whether from hostile actors or technical failures – threaten ...

Optical quantum clocks developed at the University of Adelaide have been proven to outperform GPS navigation systems by many orders of magnitude. The clocks, which were put through their paces in ...

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 ...

Around 12,500 miles above our heads, the satellites that make up the Global Positioning System (GPS) quietly keep the world running. A blackout would result in almost instantaneous chaos. “You would ...

A report published in the April 7 edition of Satellite Navigation (DOI: 10.1186/s43020-025-00162-z) concludes that hybrid approaches are the most reliable solution for UAV navigation. The ...

AUSTIN, Texas—Because GPS can be spoofed or jammed in combat, one geospatial intelligence company developed a drone-navigation system based on 3D maps. Peter Wilczynski, Maxar’s chief product officer, ...

Far above your head, constellations of satellites are working constantly to provide the positioning, navigation, and timing systems that quietly run modern life. Known as the global navigation ...

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 ...