China's BeiDou satellite system is now powering billions of location checks daily and backing a growing chunk of the country's tech-driven economy, new data shows. Named after the seven northern stars ...
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 ...
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 ...
The eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, home to nearly 10 million people and the capital of Jiangsu province, experienced a six-hour satellite navigation blackout on Wednesday. GPS and BeiDou-dependent ...
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 ...