L4sBotNov 23, 2023

Commercial Flights Are Experiencing 'Unthinkable' GPS Attacks and Nobody Knows What to Do

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Commercial Flights Are Experiencing 'Unthinkable' GPS Attacks and Nobody Knows What to Do - Lemmy.World

Commercial Flights Are Experiencing ‘Unthinkable’ GPS Attacks and Nobody Knows What to Do::New “spoofing” attacks resulting in total navigation failure have been occurring above the Middle East for months, which is “highly significant” for airline safety.

Show threadDettweilerNov 23, 2023
That just means you can’t use autoland in low visibility conditions. Modern IRUs (inertial reference unit) are highly accurate laser gyros that can use GPS for correction, but will throw out the data if it doesn’t make sense. Navigation won’t be affected much, and autoland (if used) will still rely on VHF guidance.
Show thread_s10eNov 23, 2023

Ignore my ignorance. Are you saying the aircrafts track where they are going by calculating their position from gyroscope data? And this is more precise than GPS?

That’s like using the accelaration sensors in your phone to navigate. Or sailing with compass and nautical maps.

Possible. Tech isn’t even that novel. But still impressive.

Show threadApollo
The missile knows where it is by knowing where it is not.
Nov 24, 2023 at 1:49pmWeb