NEW YORK - Commercial pilots have raised concern over an increasing number of “GPS Spoofing” incidents, during which they are sent bogus signals while flying. Aviation officials and regulators have said that spoofed Global Positioning System signals are spreading beyond active conflict zones, and have seen a recent surge – resulting in more than 1,000 flights being affected every day in August, Mike Bedigan writes for The Independent. Continue reading original article.
The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:
25 September 2024 - GPS spoofing involves the intentional transmission of fake signals to deceive a receiver about its actual location. Unlike GPS jamming, which blocks signals and prevents location detection, spoofing tricks the system into believing it is in a different position. Tactics like GPS spoofing have been used in war zones such as the Middle East and Ukraine to disrupt navigation and defense systems, including drones and missiles. Recently, commercial flights have increasingly been affected, with incidents rising from a few dozen daily in February to over 1,100 by August, according to SkAI Data Services and Zurich University. Retired United Airlines pilot Christopher Behnam reported frequent GPS interference when flying in the Middle East.
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