Gladys Mae West, the quiet mathematician behind the Global Positioning System that now guides everything from ride-hailing ...
Gladys West, who has died aged 95, was the daughter of poor black farmers who in the 1950s and 1960s was instrumental in ...
The Virginia native is credited with her work at the Naval Proving Ground, where she calculated ways to model the ...
Gladys West, a pioneering mathematician whose work helped lay the foundation for the global positioning system (GPS), died at ...
Dr Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern Global Positioning System (GPS) ...
Dr. Gladys West, the mathematician who played a pivotal role in birthing GPS technology, passed away on Saturday at the age ...
LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, El Segundo, Calif. — The U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-4 satellite is ready for launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V Launch Vehicle on May 15 ...
GPS is an acronym for Global Positioning System. It is a satellite navigation system providing distance, time, and position measurements in the world coordinate system. To put it simply, it is a ...
second civilian signal and two new military signals. In addition to new military and civilian signals, the GPS IIR modifications will include increased signal power and the ability to reconfigure ...
Dr. Gladys Mae West, a Dinwiddie County woman who laid the groundwork for Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, has died at the age of 95, according to county officials.