DefenceTalkSeventeen years and more than 10 billion euros ($11 billion) later, Europe’s Galileo satnav system is set to go live on Thursday, promising to outperform US and Russian rivals while boosting regional self-reliance. Initial services, free to use worldwide, will be available only on smartphones and navigation boxes already fitted with Galileo-compatible microchips. Some devices […]https://www.defencetalk.com/galileo-europes-own-satnav-to-go-online-68670/

DefenceTalkChina’s homegrown navigation system, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), will provide continuous, stable and reliable open services to users “free of charge”, said a government report on Thursday. Currently, B1I and B2I open service signals are being broadcast by the operating BDS-2 to provide open services to the Asia-Pacific region free of charge, said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-promises-gps-system-thats-reliable-safe-and-free-67738/

DefenceTalkChina has made breakthroughs in the anti-jamming capability of its Beidou satellite navigation system (BDS), the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Daily said Thursday. The new technology, developed by Wang Feixue and his team from the National University of Defense Technology, has made the satellites 1,000 times more secure, the newspaper said. In March, China launched […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-beidou-navigation-system-more-resistant-to-jamming-64780/

DefenceTalkResearchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a centimeter-accurate GPS-based positioning system that could revolutionize geolocation on virtual reality headsets, cellphones and other technologies, making global positioning and orientation far more precise than what is currently available on a mobile device. The researchers’ new system could […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-gps-system-could-transform-virtual-reality-and-mobile-devices-64167/

DefenceTalkChina and Russia strengthened cooperation in satellite navigation by holding the first meeting of the China-Russia Cooperation Program Committee on Satellite Navigation on Tuesday. The meeting reviewed the two countries’ collaboration in this area so far, set up several working groups and made plans for the future. Both sides agreed that China-Russia cooperation will play […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-russia-strengthen-satellite-navigation-cooperation-62942/

DefenceTalkThe People’s Liberation Army (PLA) finished a two-day drill on Friday, testing application of China’s independently developed global satellite navigation system in combat in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The military used the Beidou Navigation Satellite System for precise positioning and navigating, real-time location reporting and data transmission over long distances, according to a news release […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pla-drill-applies-chinas-own-gps-62852/

DefenceTalkOver the course of its distinguished history, the F-16 has become the workhorse of the fighter fleet for 28 customers, demonstrating its versatility time and time again in numerous conflicts around the world. Since the first flight of the F-16 in 1974, Lockheed Martin has led the design and development of structural and avionics upgrades […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-16-evolves-to-meet-changing-requirements-60222/

DefenceTalkChina and Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing to cooperate in developing navigation satellite systems. The document was signed on Monday by the China Satellite Navigation Office and Russian Federal Space Agency on the sidelines of the on-going China-Russia expo in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-russia-to-cooperate-in-satellite-navigation-60093/

DefenceTalkIn a company-funded R&D initiative, Raytheon Company successfully fired the dual-mode GPS- and laser-guided Excalibur S for the first time. Although the Excalibur S was initialized with a GPS target location, it scored a direct hit on a different, or offset, target after being terminally guided with a laser designator. The new variant incorporates a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-conducts-first-live-fire-test-of-excalibur-s-59917/

DefenceTalkRussia is going to suspend the operation of all American GPS sites on its territory, starting from June 1, said Russia’s deputy PM, Dmitry Rogozin, who is in charge of space and defense industries. “Starting June 1, we will halt the work of those stations on Russian territory,” Rogozin said. Rogozin pointed out that American […]https://www.defencetalk.com/moscow-to-suspend-american-gps-sites-on-russian-territory-from-june-59600/