BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese Beidou navigation network will be complete this month when its final satellite goes into orbit, giving China greater independence from U.S.-owned GPS and heating up ...

China has launched two more satellites for its Beidou constellation, a rival to the US-controlled GPS navigation system. The Compass M3 and M4 satellites took off from the Xichang Satellite Launch ...

For decades, the United States treated satellite navigation as a quiet monopoly, with GPS embedded in everything from ride‑hailing apps to precision bombs. That era is over. China has built a rival ...

More than 30 years of planning and development have borne fruit six months ahead of schedule, as China's complete BeiDou-3 global satellite positioning system was formally commissioned this month. The ...

The term "GPS" has become ubiquitous in American life. You know it as the foundational technology of navigation apps like Google Maps and Waze, but in most of the world, GPS is just a meaningless trio ...

No audio available for this content. During preparation of playback scenarios for the upcoming leap-second event taking place in June, engineers at Racelogic identified a potential pitfall for GNSS ...

Beidou, China’s own competitor to GPS, is now officially available for civilian and commercial use. The news was announced at a press conference yesterday, where Xinhua reported that a spokesman said ...

China has switched on its own satellite navigation system, marking a big step forward for a nation eager to reduce its reliance on the West for key strategic technologies. The Beidou system — whose ...