Locata has invented a new, completely autonomous positioning technology that creates terrestrial networks that function as a “local ground-based replica” of GPS-style positioning.  Locata is not designed to replace GPS; it is a local extension and ex...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received FAA approval to fly Required Navigation Performance - Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures on the 787 fleet. Operators that fly RNP AR procedures significantly reduce fuel burn, emissions and airport congestion by...

Momentum is building to shift to a new constellation architecture that uses two types of GPS satellites — full-capability GPS III satellites and new lean spacecraft called NavSats.

When the European Space Agency launched its Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element-A (GIOVE-A) satellite in 2005, its main mission was to transmit Galileo test signals that secured the system’s frequencies, evaluate hardware under space environmental co...

In a milestone for Europe’s GNSS program, the European Space Agency reports the first successful 3D position determination using only Galileo satellites.

Proceedings 12 February 2013

Europe’s first Galileo satellite appears to be functioning as expected, transmitting test signals received by the European Space Agency’s ground station in Redu, Belgium, across the whole of its assigned radio spectrum, ESA reports.

Another spacecraft to reinforce Russia's fleet of Glonass navigation satellites lifted off Monday November 29th from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on a Soyuz booster.

A Proton launcher rocketed into orbit Friday with three Glonass navigation satellites for the Russian government, delivering reinforcements for the military-run fleet of positioning and timing spacecraft.

A Russian rocket blasted off from Europe's spaceport in South America for the first time today (Oct. 21), lofting to orbit the first two satellites in a future European GPS network.

  This year’s eNav conference took place at the Norwegian Naval Academy at Laksevåg, outside Bergen, on the 19th of May. Due to various reasons, the conference was reduced to a one-day seminar. The Programme can be found here.   The theme was Pap...