Spoofing as it applies to GPS is an attempt to deceive a GPS receiver by broadcasting signals that the receiver will use instead of the live sky signals. Spoofing is different from jamming. Jamming is ...

GPS-enabled, location-based services hold out considerable promise as a valuable revenue generator for wireless carriers. Their extension beyond the realms of the emergency services and into the ...

The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) is hosting a series of test opportunities for manufacturers of Global Positioning System (“GPS”) receivers and components used in critical infrastructure to ...

Today, GPS is a common instrument in cars and boats, but how about on snowmobiles and dogsleds? Due to the hard work and collaboration of multiple student groups from the University of Calgary, ...

What is Spirent’s GPS origin story? Spirent’s GPS genesis began on a rooftop in the middle of the night in the early 1980s. Engineers were attempting to acquire the new GPS signals with their ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is warning pilots that GPS testing could leave the global-positioning signals “unreliable or unavailable” across much of the West for six days in June. The testing ...

With wearable tech and fitness trackers becoming an everyday commodity, GPS is embedded into a growing number of devices. But these trackers don't end up on our wrists without extensive testing. Often ...

Military GPS testing at the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Center in Kern County could impact commercial flights over the next several weeks, Gizmodo reported Tuesday. The FAA announced on Saturday that ...

Filings with the FCC request permission for a special license to install GPS equipment show that Apple is planning to increase its GPS testing. It's the first time Apple has requested such a license.

Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems of Seal Beach, Calif., has completed developmental testing of a software upgrade that is intended to increase the security of the GPS ground segment, a Sept. 28 ...

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer said Wednesday that GPS testing across the western U.S. shouldn’t affect “the ongoing normal operation” of its planes. The Federal Aviation Administration had ...