GPS accuracy is so good that it's tempting to rely on it exclusively. That could be a mistake in abnomal traffic conditions.

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $105 million contract to support ground control operations for ...

The United States needs a resilient, terrestrial complement and backup to GPS, with Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) ...

Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system for ...

In September 2025, a Widerøe Airlines flight was trying to land in Vardø, Norway, which sits in the country’s far eastern arm, some 40 miles from the Russian coast. The cloud deck was low, and so was ...

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, ...

Schriever Space Force Base, Colo. Of all the missions the Space Force performs daily for a grateful nation, there is none more ubiquitous and essential than GPS. Today’s soldiers and sailors depend on ...

The pilots flying into Denver International Airport could tell something was wrong. In urgent calls to air traffic controllers, they reported that the Global Positioning System they used to navigate ...

After years of setbacks, the Pentagon's next-gen GPS control effort remains troubled, raising new questions about cost, ...