Quantum technologies may offer a solution to GPS jamming and spoofing, according to the University of Chicago. Already, prototypes are being tested of a suite of sensor-based techniques that do not ...

A US military spaceplane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle embarked on its eighth flight into space on Thursday. Much of what the X-37B does in space is secret. But it serves partly as a platform for ...

While many of the experiments it will conduct in the coming months are classified, the Space Force has identified space-based laser communications and quantum sensing as two of its focus areas.

SpaceX launches a Boeing-made X-37B space plane on a U.S. Space Force mission with its return date undisclosed. Photo: Jennifer Briggs/Zuma Press A Pentagon spaceplane called X-37B zoomed into orbit ...

When the X-37B launches on its eighth mission no earlier than Aug. 21, it will carry an experimental quantum inertial sensor. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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For the past two decades, GPS technology has become inextricably woven into society, from smartphones to airplanes, stock markets to emergency hotlines and even power grids. But the system that ...