June 2025: Society’s dependence on GNSS is widespread, and users of different services reliant on GNSS “are not all acutely aware of the risks associated with their dependency on it and the ways that the system can be disrupted or degraded,” according to Caitlin Durkovich, a former national security official and critical infrastructure expert.
The RNL’s Dr. Humphreys is “most concerned about aviation.” He says “At least one fatal aviation accident in Europe can be traced to GNSS interference as a primary cause. A deliberate attack against US aviation, as opposed to the collateral attacks in Europe, would cause astounding economic harm.”
For more on the story, and a look into the highly unlikely scenario where the entire GPS network were in an outage, read the WIRED story here.
