Europe’s satellite navigation system Galileo is already in use worldwide, usable by itself or in combination with the U.S. GPS. Now a combined Galileo–GPS positioning fix has been achieved in space — ...

Europe’s Galileo satellite network has been almost entirely offline since Thursday, according to the European GNSS Service Center. The Galileo network of satellites is Europe’s answer to the American ...

Over the past few years, GATE has become well known for being a top-level Galileo test and development range worldwide. It is operated by IFEN GmbH under contract of the owner DLR (German Aerospace ...

Companies are building the unmanned plane so it can operate immediately in the dense European airspace. (Sebastian Sprenger/Staff) ROME ― The long-awaited European medium-altitude long-endurance UAV ...

The third and fourth satellites in Europe's Galileo constellation, a rival to the US GPS system, will be sent into space in September. European Commission vice president Antonio Tajani announced the ...

Global positioning system (GPS) functionality is quickly becoming a major market driver for consumer electronics applications, emerging as a primary differentiator in next-generation systems. The ...

November 29, 2007 For the first time a signal from a Galileo satellite - the European alternative to GPS - has been captured after reflection off the ocean surface. The successful experiment carried ...

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PARIS — The European Commission’s argument that its Galileo satellite positioning, navigation and timing program is a hedge against the day when the U.S. government arbitrarily shuts off GPS — for ...

GPS stands for "global positioning system," which is slightly ironic since it's owned and operated by the US Air Force. However, the FCC has just made a move to open up satellite navigation beyond ...