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Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005	GPS Navigation Tool for Infantry Soldiers Rockwell Collins is offering its Dead Reckoning Augmented GPS Navigation System (DRAGN) that enables soldiers on foot to navigate in cities and dense foliage when Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) signals are weak or blocked.
Popular Mechanics January 28, 2010 D.J. Hopson	Addicted to Satellites? Air Force Searches For Alternatives to GPS Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Norton Schwartz, gave voice to a chink in the U.S. military's armor, one that many know about but few like to discuss in public: Without satellites, modern militaries lose most of their edge.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009 J.R. Wilson	The Future of Precision-Guided Munitions Smart bullets for infantry weapons, GPS receivers built into the soldier's boot, eliminating enemy snipers before they have a chance to shoot, and counter-RPG systems are the future of weaponry.
Popular Mechanics September 2005 Dan Koeppel	You are (absolutely, precisely) here GPS applications are taken to the next level and help you avoid traffic, keep track of your children, or monitor your workouts.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009	Army Looks to Rockwell Collins for Military Handheld GPS Receiver Deliveries Rockwell Collins is providing military handheld GPS receivers to the U.S. Air Force GPS Wing.
National Defense September 2013 Dan Parsons	Simple, Inexpensive Jammers Threaten GPS GPS presents a juicy target to potential adversaries and criminals alike, the Department of Homeland Security has recognized. Industry is preemptively developing technologies to protect the GPS signal and identify anyone trying to disrupt its transmission.
Popular Mechanics June 3, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Inside the Government's Backup Plan for GPS Failure With the threat of everything from antisatellite weapons to solar flares, the Department of Homeland Security is upgrading an old navigation system to eLORAN to track signals across the country, Lost-style.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 John Keller	Joining sensors through data fusion Data experts are are relying on various approaches to refine sensor outputs into useful information, and essentially create a whole sensor picture that is greater than the sum of its parts.
IEEE Spectrum November 2012 Tekla S. Perry	Navigating the Great Indoors The smartphone industry is gearing up to get you around when out of sight of GPS satellites
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John McHale	U.S. Navy Avionics Systems Embrace Open Architectures Designers of avionics equipment for U.S. Navy aircraft see obsolescence as their biggest obstacle in meeting the steady demand for upgrades and retrofits of existing aircraft. Their solution is open architecture.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008	In Brief Boeing flies fuel cell-powered airplane... Lockheed Martin to support DOD high-performance computing centers... General Dynamics awarded $159 million for Abrams tank work... etc.
National Defense January 2013 Rich Sorelle	How to Equip the U.S. Military For Future Electronic Warfare The Navy and Air Force have adopted "air-sea battle." The concept entails highly coordinated, cross-domain operations designed to "disrupt the adversary's intelligence collection and command and control used to employ A2/AD weapons systems.
Wired August 2002 Oliver Morton	Europe's New Air War Why are US allies building their own global positioning system? Call it a declaration of independence.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 Ben Ames	Digital receivers power a new generation of electronic warfare Military technology designers have shifted from analog to digital radar receivers to deal with decentralized threats. The change is a major improvement for size, weight, and power.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John Keller	Multi-Sensor Fusion Hits the Mainstream Once considered as futuristic, difficult, and elusive, multi-sensor fusion is coming into its own as a standard approach of processing signals from a wide variety of sensors, and making sense of incomplete and sketchy sensor data.
Popular Mechanics May 21, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	Will Obama Kill Navigation Backup System as GPS Threatens to Fail? Obama's budget attempts to axe LORAN-C, a navigation backup program, even as experts at the Government Accountability Office sound warnings about satellite reliability. What will happen if GPS fails?
PC World January 2004 Tracey Capen	Find the Way With GPS Navigation devices keep you on track on unfamiliar ground.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007	In Brief BAE Systems seeker detects missile target in THAAD weapon system test... Northrop Grumman wins Marine Corps contract for Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR)... etc.
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 David Schneider	LightSquared's GPS-Interference Controversy Comes to a Boil Cellular wannabe can't reach a deal with GPS community
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2009	CMC Electronics Offers GPS-Based Aircraft Landing System CMC is offering the IntegriFlight CMA-5024 aviation global positioning system (GPS) receiver, which has received federal certification in the United States and Canada for GPS-based aircraft instrument landings.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005	In Brief BAE systems to develop on-board generator for Humvee... Navy P-3C aircraft use data link from Lockheed Martin... Northrop Grumman tests software for Webb Space Telescope... Air Force eyes state-of-the-art jet fighter targeting pods... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010	Rugged Embedded GPS Receivers for Anti-Jam Munitions Guidance Introduced by IEC AL-3 Interstate Electronics Corp. (IEC) is introducing two configurations of its anti-jam miniaturized, hardened, global positioning system (GPS) receiver and one configuration of its GPS-based navigation and guidance unit.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 John McHale	Incoming! Precision Guidance Keeps Munitions on Target Lasers, global positioning systems, and other modern technologies have made hitting fixed targets with missiles and bombs extremely efficient. Now defense experts are designing systems to hit targets on the move and beyond line of sight.
Fast Company July 2003 Charles Fishman	The Sky's the Limit It's a lethal tool in war -- and a killer app for business. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is transforming everything from auto insurance to agriculture, from hauling freight to trading stocks. Is your business next?
Scientific American December 2008 Mark Fischetti	How GPS Units Work How handheld global positioning system devices can determine your position on Earth -- even when indoors.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007	In Brief Boeing teams with Northrop Grumman to develop B-52H Core Component Jammer... Fourth modernized Lockheed Martin GPS satellite launched.. Northrop Grumman introduces Geospatial Data Appliance for defense and intelligence operations... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	In Brief Northrop Grumman to provide Theater Deployable Communications kits to Air Force... Air Force looks to ITT for night-vision goggles... Northrop Grumman wins Navy logistics contract for shipboard electronics... etc.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 William Sweet	Loser: No Payoff for Galileo Navigation System Europe's answer to GPS isn't worth it.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007	Boeing Chooses Rosum Corp. For Precision Navigation Systems Boeing is awarding Rosum Corp. a defense subcontract for the development of precision navigation subsystems for both urban and indoor environments.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 Bob Scannell	MEMs-Based Gyros Offer New Options for Precision Guidance The maturing of gyro technology based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) in the last few years has lead some systems designers to re-examine their approach to guidance-system design.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010	In Brief Team K-MAX demonstrates unmanned helicopter cargo re-supply to U.S. Marine Corps... Rockwell Collins advances next-generation GPS by tracking new military signal... Sonoscan expands counterfeit identification menu... etc.
T.H.E. Journal August 1999 Stephen M. Portz - Space Coast Middle School	Satellite Technologies in the Classroom ...Though the data is often not in real time, the ease of accessibility, the range and quantity of images, and the archival capabilities of the Internet make the use of satellite imagery a great educational activity...
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010	Raytheon to Develop Next-Generation GPS Control Segment The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon Co. an $886 million contract to develop a new element of the Global Positioning System to improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites.
National Defense November 2009 Erwin, Jean & Magnuson	Today's Fights Expose Technological Weak Spots Disruptive challenges, such as roadside bombs, combatants camouflaged as civilians, and insurgent camps that are undetectable by electronic sensors, have forced U.S. military leaders to search for new tactics and technologies.
National Defense September 2006 Stew Magnuson	Fears of Enemy Tampering Could Sideline New Sensors The sensors, part of the Army's Future Combat Systems project, could be fielded as early as 2008 -- if the Army can get around an impasse with the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Popular Mechanics August 2007 Barbara S. Peterson	End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS.
National Defense May 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Dept. Studying Options To Lower Cost of GPS Receivers Information-age technologies such as software radio and miniaturized electronics could, one day, make it possible for soldiers to combine their global positioning satellite receivers and handheld radios into a single device.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Lockheed Martin launches modernized satellite series Spacecraft in the modernized series are designed to benefit the military with two new signals, improved encryption, and anti-jamming capabilities.
Popular Mechanics October 13, 2008 Andrew Moseman	In GPS World, MIT Learns Columbus-Era Navigation Skills Before MIT students get to play with fancy technology, they have to learn how to navigate the old-fashioned way -- with the same techniques that Christopher Columbus used 516 years ago on his first voyage across the ocean blue.
National Defense January 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Defense Industry Developing Systems to Defeat Enemy Drones Experts and company executives envision a future where new technology employed by the military or government agencies could spot rogue or hostile drones, identify them and even commandeer or stop them mid-air.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Northrop Grumman Develops New Capability for Harbor Surveillance Engineers at Northrop Grumman's Navigation and Space Sensors division in Woodland Hills, Calif., plan to enhance maritime security in major ports across the nation with their new harbor defense system.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2009	Frontline Robotics Keeps Unmanned Security Vehicles on Track with KVH Fiber-Optic Gyros Securing large areas such as airport perimeters and container yards is an increasingly dangerous task, and Frontline Robotics is working to make it safer for human security personnel by designing unmanned vehicles to patrol these spaces.
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 Arik Hesseldahl	The Paperless Map Is the Killer App Forget media downloads. Cell customers really want GPS and navigation features.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 Ben Ames	Optical sensors light up the battlefield Tomorrow's sensors will be modular, digital, fused, and networked
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2006	Aerial Survey Utility Software Offers Precise Positioning Worldwide NavCom Technology Inc. is offering the VueStar aerial survey solution software that combines the new StarPac utility software that facilities integration into pre-existing workflows.
BusinessWeek September 26, 2005 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Bait, Tackle, And GPS Pleasure boating is about fun, and there's no shortage of entertaining features available on marine electronics systems.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2004 Dave Mock	Garmin Grounded The GPS maker's unimpressive guidance sends shares lower.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2007 Rich Smith	Look! Up in the Sky! Russia launched the last three satellites needed to complete its Global Navigation Satellite System, bringing to 18 the number of satellites in orbit, enough to provide GPS coverage over all of Russia.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008	In Brief Northrop Grumman receives contract for Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System... Raytheon delivers 100th AESA radar for Super Hornet and Growler jet aircraft... Boeing GPS IIF Satellite completes environmental tests... etc.
PC World May 23, 2007 Dennis O'Reilly	Cell Phones That Tell You Where to Go Services on handsets add traffic updates, location-based search, and more.