In September 2025, a Widerøe Airlines flight was trying to land in Vardø, Norway, which sits in the country’s far eastern arm, some 40 miles from the Russian coast. The cloud deck was low, and so was ...

Powerful, targeted jamming caused a temporary blackout of satellite navigation systems, including GPS and BeiDou, in a major Chinese city, an industry association said on Friday. The disruption ...

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 ...

Our everyday GPS struggles in “urban canyons,” where skyscrapers bounce satellite signals, confusing even advanced navigation systems. NTNU scientists created SmartNav, combining satellite corrections ...

Spoofing, GPS is an awareness and concern with regards to the increasing cybersecurity threats of spoofing being used for malicious activities. The main type of GPS spoofing involves broadcasting ...

GRIFFITH, Australia—At a tiny airport in the Australian countryside last month, a small plane took off carrying a device that could transform how U.S. drones, aircraft and ships navigate across future ...

GPS trackers and AirTags look like they do the same thing. They don’t. One is a live-positioning tool; the other is a Bluetooth breadcrumb. A GPS tracker talks directly to satellites orbiting 12,000 ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was flying into Bulgaria when her plane's GPS system was jammed in a suspected Russian operation, forcing pilots to rely on backup navigation and old ...

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Scientists from the USA and Bremen have investigated how and why people suffer “death by GPS”–and what this actually means. Ultimately, the study aims to make navigation systems safer and help prevent ...