GPS Needs To Toughen Up, Or Get Trampled Down

GPS Blk. III space vehicle

A GPS Blk. III space vehicle.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
GPS is under siege from hostile forces. In 2024, there were as many as 700 daily GPS jamming and spoofing incidents, according to an analysis of ADS-B reports by Switzerland’s Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). The Swiss institution recorded 41,000 GPS spoofing events from Aug. 15 to Sept...
Fred George

Fred formerly was senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

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