WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it plans to vote next month to explore alternatives to GPS after national security concerns have been raised about ...

The omnipresent system that people use for navigation and positioning is increasingly vulnerable. Can it be improved?

This Saturday, some of your GPS systems could start partying like it's 1999. It's a scenario reminiscent of the panic that preceded the Y2K bug in late 1999. Older computer systems that rely on the 24 ...

A system that improves the accuracy of the GPS satellite navigation system. A satellite's positioning accuracy is impeded by errors in its clock and signal delays caused by atmospheric conditions.

Even as quantum navigation emerges as a legitimate alternative to satellite-based navigation, the satellites themselves are ...

There’s a seldom talked-about cybersecurity threat that could easily take out ATMs, card networks, exchanges, trading floors and other pieces of financial services infrastructure. It’s in the way we ...

A few weeks ago, China launched the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 satellite positioning system. Didn’t know that China had its own GPS? How about Europe’s Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS, or Japan’s QZSS?

GPS is the best technology for tracking the location and movement of any object anywhere in the world. GPS stands for “Global Positioning System,” and refers to a worldwide network of satellites, ...