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FAA Urges Pilots to Rely on Traditional Navigation Amid Rising GPS Spoofing Threats
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is cautioning pilots about the increasing threat of GPS spoofing, advising them to familiarize themselves with traditional navigational tools. GPS spoofing, a sophisticated form of interference, involves broadcasting false navigation signals to disrupt aircraft’s navigation systems, leading to potential off-course flights and endangering safety. (www.airguide.info) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
LOL. People screamed from the mountaintops don't get rid of VOR or ILS systems. Keep them as a backup and in case the GPS fails or gets jammed or interfered with or we go to war and suddenly the GPS constellation is zapped in space. FAA management several years ago would not listen. Now here we are.
I was one of those people. If a VOR goes down I just need a worker with a truck and a box of tools. If a satellite goes down I need a worker with a spaceship, a pressure suit, and a box of tools (actually, they just launch another satellite . . . but still really pricey, and adds to space clutter.) Now we are all waiting for the FAA to go out and bring those VOR's back on line . . yeah, right. I learned a long time ago not to put all my navigational eggs in one basket; have always backed up GPS with VOR's. And I am always very disappointed to see how MANY VOR's are off line.
Wait till they get single pilot and then SELF FLYING airplanes they keep rattling on about
VOR and ILS systems are also jammable and spoofable. Any RF-based system is.
One runway. The ILS signal is thousands of times stronger than a GPS signal from space. One runway impacted vs. hundreds of square miles of jamming with GPS and multiple airports and enroute and terminal navigation.
Good point. Always have a plan 'B'.
Agreed. These Navaids are much more granular and limited to regions. GPS is a surprisingly weak signal, but with enough Ooomph you can spoof anything, still only in a small area compared to GPS
Everything can be vulnerable, but just makes sense to maintain backup systems