Posted on 01/26/2017 9:52:06 AM PST by johnatures
Imagine terrorists using new technology to trick planes into crashing into buildings. It may sound like a Die Hard movie, but the premise, which involves “GPS spoofing,” troubles our nation’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
Spoofing became a big deal when University of Texas professor Todd Humphreys accepted a challenge a few years ago from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to use this method to commandeer one of the agency’s drones via a GPS device. Much to their astonishment, he was successful.
“It’s easiest to understand GPS spoofing by comparing it with GPS jamming,” Humphreys told the Observer. “Jamming attempts to prevent the use of GPS, whereas spoofing attempts to fool the GPS unit into reporting the wrong position
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Spoofing became a big deal when University of Texas professor Todd Humphreys accepted a challenge a few years ago from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to use this method to commandeer one of the agency’s drones via a GPS device. Much to their astonishment, he was successful.
“It’s easiest to understand GPS spoofing by comparing it with GPS jamming,” Humphreys told the Observer. “Jamming attempts to prevent the use of GPS, whereas spoofing attempts to fool the GPS unit into reporting the wrong position
you can say THAT again!
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This is why we have ECCM.
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Sounds cool!
That’s why military and government now use Selective Availability Anti-spoofing Modules (SAASM) and M-code.
And it wouldn’t hurt airline pilots to do some old fashion navigation to keep their GPS systems honest.
Thanks for link. Sobering thought.
If they had anyone in the cockpit that knew how they might.
They have a row of analog instruments as an ostensible backup to their primary avionics. I may be naive, but I like to think that American line flight crews have been trained up right. A lot are ex-military.
I agree with you. I was being too caustic when I wrote that and believe you’re right.
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