Mysterious GPS Interference in German Airspace: Potential Russian Involvement

German security experts, aviation specialists and military representatives are closely monitoring the GPS interference, pinning down specific sources, although the information is not made public.

“Since December 2023, messages have been received from the northeastern part of the German airspace about sporadic disturbances in the signals transmitted by the Global Positioning System (GPS),” the ministry said.

The Ministry of Transport constantly informs the authorities responsible for the protection of electromagnetic signals in German space, as well as the Bundeswehr and airspace users, about the situation.

The Federal Network Agency is responsible for implementing relevant countermeasures.

Specialists admit that one of the sources of interference could be Russia.

An anonymous open source and data analysis (OSINT) investigator and data analyst who goes by the pseudonym Marcus Johnson claims to have uncovered details and some probabilities about how Russia is jamming the GPS signal in the Baltic Sea region.

At the moment, there are severe disturbances in the reception of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in the Baltic Sea region.

“However, this phenomenon is not completely new. Disturbances have been observed in crisis regions for some time,” said the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

These disruptions do not pose a real threat to pilots and ship captains using the system, but have caused changes in flight schedules or even canceled flights, DRL admitted.

The DRL Institute of Communications and Navigation is developing countermeasures, including an alternative navigation system, R-MODE, which will allow ships to determine their position if GNSS fails. It is currently being tested in the Baltic Sea.

2024-02-04 13:56:08
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