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 ...
While serving on the National Security Council staff in the Biden administration, I was tasked with strengthening the resilience of U.S. critical infrastructure, namely its reliance on GPS for ...
Under the long-standing global navigation technology landscape dominated by the US GPS, China's independently developed and operated BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is rapidly emerging, ...
GPS, or the Global Positioning System, is the oldest and most widely used satellite navigation system in the world with 6 billion users. GPS is owned by the U.S. government and run by the Space Force, ...
On February 20, 2025, China’s Shijian-25 satellite successfully refueled the Beidou G7 satellite at an altitude of 30,000 km, extending the life of the satellite by eight years, which was approaching ...
Chinese technologies are without question a double-edged sword. From DeepSeek AI to Huawei smartphones, DJI drones and industrial port cranes, many of these tools raise valid concerns about ...
As China completes the global deployment of its BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System, officials are now focused on exporting the technology under Beijing's "Belt and Road" initiative, signaling a ...