West's work on modeling the Earth's shape assisted with the development of GPS, today used by an estimated 4 billion people.
A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped ...
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Why GPS is more fragile than most people realize

GPS works by satellites broadcasting precise time signals, allowing receivers to calculate distance at the speed of light, ...
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a warning Wednesday about scheduled GPS interference testing centered on Fort Hood ...
If GPS and radar go down, U.S. aircraft carriers can navigate using celestial navigation, sextants, compasses, and ...
SpaceX will launch an advanced, jam-resistant GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force from Florida tonight (Jan. 26), and you ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a U.S. Space Force GPS satellite late Jan. 27, continuing a string of ...
West’s genius secured her a position in 1956 at the Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, then called Naval Proving Ground, where ...
The Space Force late Tuesday night successfully launched a GPS III satellite into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch ...
Ancient magnetic fossils reveal that animal navigation using Earth’s magnetic field may have evolved far earlier than ...
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