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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 […]

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

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

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

January 2026: Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are finding new ways to relieve the sprawling, congested infrastructure surrounding the Forty Acres home to UT. Waymo and Robotaxi services, as well as CapMetro’s nascent self-driving transit buses, are some of the methods being deployed to encourage ridesharing and public transport. The RNL has

November 2025: Since mid-November, electromagnetic interference has descended on the Caribbean. Amid a U.S. military buildup in the area—including attacks on alleged drug-running boats—the U.S. FAA has issued a critical warning to commercial pilots. Many commercial aviation navigation systems still rely on the traditional L1 GPS signal now threatened by increased interference. “Aviation receivers are

November 2025: RNL alumnus Dr. Andrew Graff is now married. Congratulations Andrew!

November 2025: Congratulations to Alperen Duru for receiving the Best Poster award at the Brooklyn 6G Summit! 6G will have AI applications and optimization as a core component. However, these implementations require dataset collection from the environment, which may be site-specific. Digital twins can help generate synthetic datasets for such AI implementations for deployment in

November 2025: The RNL’s Dr. Todd Humphreys moderated a panel at the Brooklyn 6G Summit hosted by New York University. Panelists include Marco Keskinen (Skylo Technologies), Dr. Dongning Guo (Northwestern University), Brian Olsen (T-Mobile), and Jason Aspiotis (Axiom Space Inc.). The panel begins at 5:47:45.

The RNL’s Dr. Todd Humphreys gave a virtual talk on GNSS Spoofing to the Royal Aeronautical Society in Toulouse on Oct. 1, 2025, detailing the progression and discovery of various spoofing techniques and countermeasures.