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 ...

As GPS-spoofing disrupts flights, networks and navigation systems worldwide, governments are accelerating efforts to build ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

China’s own global navigation system is now complete. Today, the country launched the last of the satellites that comprise its Beidou Navigation Satellite System, CNBC reports. Beidou has long been ...

Beidou, China’s home-grown GPS, now active China’s own GPS system, known as Beidou, is now operational after more than a decade of satellite launches and tests. The country expectrs Beidou to create a ...

Sticking a GPS module in a project has been a common occurrence for a while now, whether it be for a reverse geocache or for a drone telemetry system. These GPS modules are expensive, though, and they ...

China has ambitions for its rapidly expanding Beidou satellite navigation system to serve the whole world, not just Asia, but will it really be able to rival the well-established - and US-owned - GPS ...