ISRO's 100th mission takes flight with successful launch of NVS-02 navigation satelliteISRO has launched its 100th rocket, the GSLV-F15, carrying the NVS-02 satellite to enhance India's Regional Navigation Satellite System. Th...
29 Jan, 2025, 07.34 AM IST
India nearing self-reliance in strategic navigation with NavIC: In-SPACe chiefIndia is nearly self-reliant in data for strategic applications due to NavIC, its satellite navigation system similar to GPS, according to ...
03 Dec, 2024, 04.19 PM IST
From war to business to economy, why NavIC is the tech for a rising IndiaIndia's homegrown GPS alternative, NavIC, is gaining traction with Apple agreeing to incorporate it in its latest iPhone 15 smartphones. Th...
18 Sep, 2023, 01.11 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: What is NavIC? Indian GPS alternative will be mandatory in all smartphones by 2025Developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), NavIC is an Indian alternative to systems such as the widely used GPS. It was e...
15 Sep, 2023, 02.09 PM IST
NavIC support to become must for all smartphonesNavIC, or Navigation with Indian Constellation, is a homegrown alternative to systems such as the widely used GPS. NavIC currently has seve...
15 Sep, 2023, 11.45 AM IST
Apple iPhone 15 models to have India's GPS alternative NavicApple has incorporated India's navigation system, NavIC, in its newly launched iPhone 15 Pro models. NavIC, developed by ISRO, operates thr...
14 Sep, 2023, 09.46 PM IST
India-designed chip to track school buses, weapons systemsThe 12-nanometre chip can be fitted into a mobile phone or any handheld device and receive signals from the Navigation with Indian Constell...
14 Apr, 2023, 01.07 PM IST
Talks on to include desi navigation app NavIC on phonesA meeting by Ministry of Electronics and IT was held on the issue on September 2, which was attended by officials from leading smartphone m...
27 Sep, 2022, 10.12 AM IST
What is NavIC? All you need to know about India's home-grown alternative to the GPS navigation systemThe Indian government is pushing smartphone makers to enable support for its NavIC navigation system in new devices sold in the country fro...
26 Sep, 2022, 05.45 PM IST
NavIC: Know about India's own GPS, now available on smartphoneThe Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) is officially called NAVIC which is an acronym for NAVigation with Indian Constella...
28 Feb, 2020, 01.52 PM IST
NavIC tech designed by ISRO will come to Xiaomi smartphones this yearNavigation with Indian Constellation is the regional geo-positioning system that provides accurate positioning in India.
25 Feb, 2020, 05.05 PM IST
ISRO helps chipmaker Qualcomm for enabling Indian GPS, NavIC, in smartphonesThe space agency said in a statement that these chipsets are being released by Qualcomm and this would help accelerate the adoption of NavI...
21 Jan, 2020, 03.53 PM IST
Qualcomm announces support for India’s NavIC Satellite Navigation SystemSupport for NavIC will be available in select Qualcomm Technologies’ chipset platforms starting in late 2019 and commercial devices with Na...
14 Oct, 2019, 01.48 PM IST
NavIC: Two decades after US spurned India in Kargil, country replies with desi GPSThe GPS was named NavIC ('Navigation with Indian Constellation' whose Hindi meaning is 'sailor' or 'navigator'), by Prime Minister Narendra...
19 Jun, 2018, 12.21 PM IST
India completes NavIC constellation with 7th satelliteThe 1,425-kg satellite made by Bengaluru-headquartered Alpha Design Technologies, in collaboration with Isro, is the second satellite to be...
12 Apr, 2018, 09.34 AM IST
- India to launch spare navigation satellite August-end
Bengaluru, Aug 10 (IANS) India will launch its eighth navigation satellite this month-end as a spare or back-up for its constellation in th...
10 Aug, 2017, 08.17 PM IST
India's own GPS set to hit the market early next yearFor many years now, India had been dependent on GPS, a project that the US began in 1973.
28 May, 2017, 11.25 AM IST