June 2026: A recent paper from the RNL found Russian satellites responsible for seconds-long GPS outages across Europe since 2019. Corroborated by research at Spanish company GMV and confirmed by U.S. Air Force officials, the RNL’s Dr. Todd Humphreys and RNL alumnus Dr. Zach Clements held the Russian EKS constellation responsible. Though these fleeting bursts […]
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June 2026: Veritasium interviewed the RNL’s Dr. Todd Humphreys about his and RNL alumnus Dr. Zach Clements’ recent work tracking GNSS interference, exploring the journey and techniques behind identifying the powerful source of transient interference affecting continental Europe, Greenland, and Canada since 2019.
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June 2026: As Ukraine ramped up an AI-assisted drone campaign to strike Russian logistics equipment, the Russian military opted for a unique form of camouflage. Russian military vehicles have been seen coated with vivid stripes in efforts to baffle computer vision models. Experts confirm that such Zebra patterns are capable of throwing optical hunting systems
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May 2026: Dr. Zach Clements (GNSS Interference Detection and Geolocation) and Dr. Tucker Haydon (Trusted Inertial Terrain-Aided Navigation (TITAN)) have successfully defended their PhD dissertations. The RNL gathered at Dr. Humphreys’ home to celebrate. Congratulations to Zach and Tucker! Dr. Zach Clements (Right) with Dr. Todd Humphreys (Left) Dr. Tucker Haydon
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May 2026: Weeks before the SpaceX IPO, Starlink has shut down a GPS alternative that most customers never knew about. Other customers found access to built-in location features hidden away in a Debug menu to get coarse position estimates — a feature of immense value to those in regions with rising GNSS interference. Starlink is
April 2026: Starlink users will soon be unable to access their location on their communications terminals, leaving many confused and upset. The gRPC API on Starlink terminals lends users an opportunity to pull the coarse location generated by the terminal, even in the presence of spoofing and jamming. “Starlink PNT, as it’s called, has a
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March 2026: With rising tensions in the Middle East, low-cost Iranian-designed Shahed drones have raised eyebrows in the intelligence community. The Shahed, constructed from lightweight radar-absorbing materials such as plastic and fiberglass, explode on impact and are resistant to jamming. Studies have shown that these drones use antenna interference suppression techniques. Many experts surmise the
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March 2026: Al Jazeera reported rumors that Iran may be using the Chinese BeiDou Satellite (BDS) navigation system to target Middle Eastern Israeli and US military assets. The news outlet continued, presenting a claim by Military analyst Patricia Marins that “unlike the civilian-grade GPS signals that were paralyzed in 2025, BDS-3’s military-tier B3A signal is
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March 2026: Commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz—carrying 20% of the world’s oil—have nearly ground to a halt in the face of increased GNSS interference from the Iran war. GNSS spoofing has made ships appear to move in circles, even when not moving. For a single ship with an experienced crew, visual cues may
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March 2026: Due to conflict in the Middle East, approximately 1,000 ships in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman have experienced disruptions in navigation. “Many ships only listen to the original civilian GPS signal, which is called the L1 C/A signal,” the RNL’s Dr. Todd Humphreys said. “You will not find any aircraft
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