Topic: Global Positioning Systems

The Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday it is investigating Amazon, and other retailers, over its alleged marketing and sales of wireless signal jammers, which are illegal for U.S. consumers to use.

The U.S. State Department approved the sale of upgrades for the F-16 fighter aircraft of Romania's air force, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced.

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center are working together to build a 5G cellular network for testing at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Top Pentagon officials told lawmakers Wednesday that a proposed nationwide network to provide 5G and internet-of-things services was "too risky to be worth it."

The U.S. State Department cleared the potential sale of 10 Chinook CH-47F military cargo helicopters to the United Arab Emirates, increasing the $10.5 billion in military equipment the country has bought from the U.S.

SpaceX has delayed the launch of its first national security mission for the second time in two days to evaluate an out of family reading on first stage sensors.

Harris Corp. and L3 Technologies announced a merger, making the combined $33 billion company the sixth largest defense contractor in the United States.

The U.S. State Department has approved a $200 million foreign military sale of four Black Hawk helicopters, with related equipment, to the government of Latvia.

Scientists at Northern Arizona University used a laser to propagate, trap and later access long-lived sound waves inside specially designed crystalline solids.

Boeing has been awarded a contract for Joint Direct Attack Munition tail kits, which convert JDAMs from free-fall bombs into "smart" munitions.