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Better than GPS? BAE navigator uses Wi-Fi, radio signals

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The next-generation of deep-space GPS satellites has just reached a milestone -- but an even better, unjammable system is already available here on earth. Last week Lockheed Martin crossed a milestone, finishing "thermal vacuum" tests for GPS III, a new class of satellites that will replace the aging craft in orbit around Earth. GPS III will introduce anti-jamming tech to address a serious threat to troops, drones and ships that rely on GPS for navigation and targeting. The first satellite could launch in 2014, but a better option may already exist: BAE's Navigation via Signals of Opportunity (NAVSOP) doesn’t depend on satellite signals, instead using a wide range of common signals readily available to sidestep jammers. It can even use the GPS jammer signal itself. And it’s just as accurate, BAE says.

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Better than GPS? BAE navigator uses Wi-Fi, radio signals

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