LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, El Segundo, Calif. — The U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-4 satellite is ready for launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V Launch Vehicle on May 15 ...

Even without GPS you can stay oriented and drive confidently on unfamiliar highways and byways to get where you're going.

Global Positioning System jamming is on the rise, highlighting risks to the U.S. economy from financial systems to civilian ...

GPS is an acronym for Global Positioning System. It is a satellite navigation system providing distance, time, and position measurements in the world coordinate system. To put it simply, it is a ...

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 ...

September marks the 50th anniversary of the Global Positioning System, a U.S.-owned free utility that offers positioning, navigation, and timing services to users all over the world. It changed not ...

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, ...

Perhaps you’re occasionally checking your smartphone’s built-in mapping software while driving to a remote trout stream, or using Google Earth on a home computer to scout out new hunting and fishing ...

A United plane takes off from Newark Liberty International Airport. Photo / Aristide Economopoulos, for The Washington Post The pilots flying into Denver International Airport could tell something was ...