The sextant is an instrument that measures angular distance of the sun and stars from the horizon to determine latitude. It is used with a chronometer and nautical charts by navigators of ships at sea to determine location. The sextant consists of a...

A sextant is an instrument generally used to measure the angle of elevation of a celestial object above the horizon. Making this measurement is known as sighting the object, shooting the object, or taking a sight. The angle, and the time when it was...

Avionics firm Sextant Avionique has developed a new (FMS) Flight Management System suited for Airbus Industrie airplanes. The new FMS may be installed to older models and is capable of handling the future requirements of Communications, Navigation and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management system environment. Other...

Sextant's acquisition of 51% share of the inflight entertainment (IFE) business of B/E Aerospace, represents the company's search for new business opportunities in a service-rich area. The joint venture has has since become the wholly-owned subsidiary, Sextant In-Flight Systems. Taking a leaf out...

The notes of 17th-century researcher Robert Hooke were posted on the Internet on Monday, opening an online window into the man who helped drive Britain's scientific revolution and laying bare his professional rivalries with the likes of Sir Isaac Newton.The notes, lost for centuries before...

It's the coldest of cold cases, and yet it keeps warming to life. Seventy years after Amelia Earhart disappeared, clues are still turning up. Long-dismissed notes taken of a shortwave distress call beginning, "This is Amelia Earhart...," are getting another look.The previously unknown diary of...