Govt taking steps to tackle GPS spoofing at airports: Naidu | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: India is taking “new protective measures” to tackle the difficulty of GPS spoofing that has been witnessed at a number of airports in nation. Union aviation minister Rammohan Naidu on Monday advised Parliament that some flights had not too long ago reported GPS spoofing within the neighborhood of IGI Airport whereas approaching runway 10 utilizing satellite tv for pc-based mostly touchdown procedures, prompting “contingency procedures” to be activated,” he added. DGCA had issued an advisory circular in Nov 2023 for addressing GNSS interference in airspace. After GPS spoofing near IGI Delhi, it further tightened the safety protocol and issued SOPs on Nov 10 for real-time reporting of such events, he said. Airports Authority of India has asked Wireless Monitoring Organisation to track the origin of the interference/spoofing.