Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system for the GPS navigation network, raising hopes that one of the military’s most ...

From smartphone maps to precision weapons, satellite navigation underpins modern life and war. Global navigation satellite systems have become indispensable, and that's made them vulnerable to ...

People on social media have reported strange events on delivery and navigation apps—drivers appear to be in the middle of the sea, or a 10-minute trip home suddenly jumps up to 30 minutes. For ...

The world is filling up with GPS dead zones. Nations and individuals alike are deploying cheap but increasingly sophisticated electronic-warfare systems, mostly to thwart attacks by drones and smart ...

Within 24 hours of the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, ships in the region’s waters found their navigation systems had gone haywire, erroneously indicating that the vessels were at airports, a ...

GPS denial is no longer a theoretical future threat. It is the environment in which modern forces increasingly operate. China has invested heavily in space and counterspace capabilities designed to ...

The term "GPS" has become ubiquitous in American life. You know it as the foundational technology of navigation apps like Google Maps and Waze, but in most of the world, GPS is just a meaningless trio ...

The rise of GPS vulnerability is putting more resilient, atom-based navigational tools on the map. In late September, a Spanish military plane carrying the country’s defense minister to a base in ...

The familiar experience of watching your Grab driver’s vehicle icon wander aimlessly on the map, especially in Singapore’s central business district (CBD) and underground portions of expressways, may ...

For decades, GPS has been the cornerstone of modern navigation, guiding aircraft, vehicles, troops and commercial systems across the globe. As digital warfare intensifies, satellite signals are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul-Smith Goodson is an analyst covering quantum computing and AI. Satellite GPS is a vital navigation technology designed for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Australian quantum ...