In-Q-Tel Partnership Developing Advanced Military Battery Tech

In-Q-Tel is partnering with Contour Energy Systems to continue developing advanced portable power solutions, In-Q-Tel announced Tuesday. 

In-Q-Tel said Contour’s battery developments apply to current application power requirements at many federal agencies. IQT also said Contour’s battery technologies apply to military devices such as GPS receivers, radios, night vision goggles, thermal imagers, monitoring and sensing systems…

Air Force Gears up to Launch GPS III Satellites

The U.S. Air Force is working to ensure a smooth and successful deployment of its GPS III satellites, which are scheduled to launch in 2014.

The Air Force has selected Lockheed Martin to provide a launch and checkout capability to control all GPS III satellites throughout launch and early on-orbit testing under a $21.5…

ITT Exelis Reports Successful Test for Air Force’s GPS III Program

ITT Exelis integrated and performed the initial power up of a full-size payload prototype for the U.S. Air Force‘s Global Positioning System III program, according to a company announcement.

The company said the test was intended to show that the digital communications, telemetry and radio frequency interfaces are working properly. A…

iPhone Thief Found by GPS

A 31-year-old man who stole and iPhone was arrested recently because police were able to track the GPS function of the phone.

Horatio Toure rode a bicycle to a woman and grabbed her iPhone. However, the woman was carrying the iPhone used to demonstrate a real-time GPS tracking program, according to the San Fransisco Chronicle.

Toure was caught approximately 10 minutes after stealing the device, police said.

“This reminds me of the…