Malicious interference with the United States Global Positioning System (GPS) is a potentially fatal safety hazard that demands immediate attention and unified action.  As the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS – Military space leaders continue looking for ways to inject commercial technologies into their architectures. For strategic communications and positioning, navigation and timing, though, true commercial alternatives may […]

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The company won a $4.6 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory

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The 1990s were iconic: Super Mario Kart and Mortal Kombat ruled the arcades. Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” and “Ironic” by Alanis Morrisette topped the charts. Grunge fashion […]

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The Global Positioning System (GPS) made its combat operations debut during Operation Desert Storm. Since then, it has evolved into a ubiquitous presence in our everyday lives that helps keep […]

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HELSINKI — Japan’s flagship H3 rocket successfully launched the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite early Sunday, enhancing the country’s regional GPS capabilities. The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H3 rocket lifted off […]

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HELSINKI — India conducted its first launch of the year late Tuesday, sending a new-generation navigation satellite towards geostationary orbit. A Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk II lifted off […]

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Infleqtion got an $11 million contract to speed up development of a rack-mounted atomic clock

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HELSINKI — China has announced a strategic roadmap for advancing its Beidou positioning and navigation system by 2035, in a move which could have global implications. The country plans to […]

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The first launch of Tranche 1 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), originally scheduled for September 2024, is now anticipated in the March to April 2025 timeframe

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Army’s greater focus on space is part of the military’s strategy for "multi-domain operations”

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California-based Xona Space Systems is expanding to Canada ahead of deploying the first in a proposed constellation of small navigation satellites in low Earth orbit next year.

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The new service is available from OneWeb Technologies, the U.S. proxy organization. OneWeb Technologies is in the process of merging with Eutelsat America Corp.

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The global importance of GPS to military operations and everyday civilian life is well documented, as is the significant vulnerability posed by this reliance. Not just in the articles and […]

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In Ukraine and the Middle East, smart weapons are degraded or neutralized. Drones and missiles are deflected or turned back on attackers. In the Baltic, South China Sea and elsewhere, […]

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oneNav’s Steve Poizner: GPS vulnerabilities could be addressed by accelerating the deployment of its more advanced L5 signal

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Beames also serves as executive chairman of the board for SpiderOak and small satellite manufacturer York Space Systems.

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The funding round was led by Steve Jurvetson’s Future Ventures and Seraphim Space

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While the Pentagon has long pursued augmented GPS capabilities, including using allied backup systems, it is now scoping a burgeoning commercial market promising innovative options to reduce GPS dependence.

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Viasat has successfully demonstrated a satellite navigation signal on an airplane that could help the United Kingdom replace capabilities lost after leaving the European Union, the operator announced Jan. 18. 

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Members of a key advisory board questioned the U.S. military's commitment to deliver enhancements to the Global Positioning System, arguing that the network is at risk of falling behind other satellite navigation systems built by Europe and China.

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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is working with NASA to develop a positioning and navigation system to guide visitors around the surface of the moon “as accurately and as safely as GPS does on Earth."

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China’s anti-satellite capabilities are not the biggest threat to GPS. What should be much more of a concern to U.S. policymakers is that China relies far less on space for critical GPS-like services than we do.

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L3Harris announced Jan. 26 it delivered the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 to the U.S. Air Force

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