U.S. Air Force Urgently Seeks Alternatives To GPS

GPS Satellite Please don't shoot me U.S. Army

From Popular Science:

GPS may now reside in everything from our cars to our smart phones, but it once all began as a military application. So it's perhaps ironic, if not entirely shocking, that the head of the U.S. Air Force said today that the military needs to wean itself off dependence on a GPS network vulnerable to jamming and satellite-killing vehicles. DOD Buzz reports that officials have confirmed that GPS has been "jammed or interfered with recently."

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Update: U.S. Air Force: GPS a security risk; alternatives needed -- Smart Planet

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