CHARLES DRAPER, WHOSE EPONYMOUS LABORATORY developed the guidance systems for Apollo spacecraft, referred to inertial navigation as “astronomy in a closet.” It is based on a celestial reference system ...

Researchers in Italy hope to measure Earth's rotation using a laser-based gyroscope housed deep underground, with enough experimental precision to reveal measurable effects of Einstein's general ...

Even at sea, GPS signals are increasingly at risk of being disrupted by electronic warfare measures. To combat the problem, the Navy is upgrading its inertial gyrocompass navigation system for surface ...

A revolutionary new study led by Technical University of Munich and University of Bonn scientists has succeeded in measuring the subtle wobble of the Earth’s axis without using complex radio astronomy ...

Honeywell International Inc., Minneapolis, was awarded an estimated $12,045,229 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for the procurement of Inertial Navigation Ring Laser Gyro units in support of ...

Sensitive measurements: Ring laser at the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell in Bavaria. (Courtesy: Astrid Eckert / TUM) As the Earth moves through space, it wobbles. Researchers in Germany have now ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2017 -- Researchers in Italy hope to measure Earth's rotation using a laser-based gyroscope housed deep underground, with enough experimental precision to reveal measurable ...