Escalating conflicts around the world are undermining GPS reliability as a surge of interference attacks continues to impact vast areas of Europe and

The urgent need for a national GPS jamming detection system

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2024-11-30 17:30:03

Escalating conflicts around the world are undermining GPS reliability as a surge of interference attacks continues to impact vast areas of Europe and the Middle East, causing significant disruptions for civilians. At the same time, more criminals increasingly use jammers for drug trafficking, cargo truck thefts and other criminal operations in North America. Sporadic GPS jamming and spoofing incidents have disrupted key American airports in recent years. Even everyday American citizens are now purchasing low-cost retail jammers as privacy fears and anti-government conspiracy theories spread.

Security analysts have spent years warning about the potential for targeted attacks on GPS that could disrupt the financial system, power grid, air traffic systems and emergency services. However, while there are growing calls to develop backup capabilities for GPS, there is another critical issue that must also be addressed.

America urgently needs an automated national detection system that can pinpoint GPS interference the moment it occurs and provide accurate real-time maps of where the impact is actually occurring.