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Satellite jamming is a real and growing threat. How can we protect our space infrastructure?


"The world has all been based on GPS. But what happens when you lose it? How do you navigate?"

"Radio navigation satellite service interference can impact aircraft operations far beyond the immediate affected area, creating potential safety risks across multiple flight regions," ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar said in the statement. In April 2024, Russian hackers hijacked the Walt Disney BabyTV channel, which was broadcast across Europe via geostationary satellites of the French satcom provider Eutelsat. Defense tech innovators have also increasingly begun fitting drones with AI-based navigation technology that can follow a path by comparing landmarks spotted in the landscape below with onboard satellite images and maps.

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