There was a time when GPS was cutting-edge tech with limited availability. Nowadays, almost everyone has access to it via their smartphone or connected car. What was once a military-exclusive service ...

GPS uses at least 31 satellites orbiting Earth to calculate a person’s location, and newer smartphones use a barometer sensor to fill in the gaps, providing accurate altitude data for ...

Everyday air passengers have no need to worry about jamming or spoofing. For one thing, it’s very rare – especially outside ...

Avionics like those equipping Bombardier's Global 7500 business jet and other commercial aircraft are being "captured" by false GPS broadcasts in the Middle East. “What we’ve seen since late September ...

If you've ever been comprehensively lost, you'll know what a bewildering, unsettling experience it is. Thankfully, with ...

In modern aviation, redundancy saves lives. Most commercial aircraft, for example, now use advanced positioning and navigation systems to support everything from heading and reference information to ...