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What’s new: More coverage in popular media about the vulnerabilities of satnav.
Why it’s important: The issue won’t be addressed unless political leaders are motivated to do so. One way to do that is through popular concern.
What else to know:
- From toward the end of the article: “By 2030 at the latest, all commercial aircraft in the EU should actually be able to land using satellites. Conventional navigation would only be permitted in emergencies. And yet, pilots think that that’s simply not a good idea. “We need redundancy,” Ahrens says, “the systems must become more resilient.”“
- Glad to see they classified this as a cybersecurity issue. Many folks don’t
- Let’s all hope we are as cheerful as the young woman in the image above when we no longer have satnav and have to use paper maps.
