Lockheed Martin GPS IIIF

GPS has become a household term over the last 50 years. Over the coming decades, it is likely to be subsumed into another three-letter term, PNT.

WAAS is undergoing a major upgrade and preparing to incorporate the Pentagon’s new L5 civil signal for aviation safety services.

How much has GPS boosted U.S. businesses? The answer is astronomical.

Over 50 years, GPS has evolved and inspired the development of similar systems by other nations.

The U.S. Air Force hailed the test flights as a “groundbreaking achievement," but magnetic navigation technology still faces technical limitations.