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EASA and IATA Outline Four-Point Plan to Combat Rising GNSS Interference

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency and IATA have unveiled a four-point strategy to tackle the growing frequency and complexity of GNSS jamming and spoofing incidents, with signal-loss events tripling since 2021. The plan seeks ICAO endorsement for standardized detection, reporting and mitigation across global airspaces.

2025-06-23T08:31:40.819352-07:00

Paddle Your Own Kanoo

Man Convicted for Impersonating Flight Crew to Book 120+ Free Spirit Airlines Flights

2025-06-11T03:07:39.629971-07:00

Reuters

WestJet operations unaffected as cybersecurity incident disrupts app and internal systems

2025-06-14T09:27:03.713984-07:00

Airline Economics

Delta Can Sue CrowdStrike Over July 2024 IT Outage That Canceled 7,000 Flights

2025-05-20T07:33:23.064694-07:00

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Wall Street Journal

Hawaiian Airlines IT Systems Disrupted in Cyber Attack, Flights Unaffected Hawaiian Airlines disclosed a cyber attack on Thursday that disrupted some IT systems, including reservation platforms, though flights remain on schedule. The carrier has provided few details, leaving uncertainty over the scope of impacted systems and potential exposure of passenger data.

2025-06-26T16:35:31.616661-07:00

Hawaiian Airlines IT Systems Disrupted in Cyber Attack, Flights Unaffected

Air & Space Forces Mag

Mixed-Use Airports Present Cybersecurity Risks at Civil-Military Nexus Airports that serve both military and civilian flights may expose shared networks and systems to cyber intrusions, as mixed-use operations blur boundaries between defense and commercial infrastructure. Experts warn that adversaries could exploit vulnerabilities in combined control and communications platforms to disrupt flight operations or compromise sensitive military assets.

2025-06-23T13:55:27.327361-07:00

Mixed-Use Airports Present Cybersecurity Risks at Civil-Military Nexus

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EASA and IATA Outline Four-Point Plan to Combat Rising GNSS Interference The European Union Aviation Safety Agency and IATA have unveiled a four-point strategy to tackle the growing frequency and complexity of GNSS jamming and spoofing incidents, with signal-loss events tripling since 2021. The plan seeks ICAO endorsement for standardized detection, reporting and mitigation across global airspaces.

2025-06-23T08:31:40.819352-07:00

EASA and IATA Outline Four-Point Plan to Combat Rising GNSS Interference

AeroTime

Airlines Race to Deploy Quantum and Stellar Navigation as GPS Alternatives A new generation of quantum sensors and stellar navigation systems promises safe, reliable, and secure positioning when GPS signals are jammed or spoofed, offering a vital backup for commercial and military aircraft. These technologies aim to ensure continuous navigation in contested or signal-denied environments.

2025-06-20T08:22:32.445150-07:00

Airlines Race to Deploy Quantum and Stellar Navigation as GPS Alternatives

Bloomberg

Viasat Identified as Victim in Phone Surveillance Hack Attributed to China Viasat Inc., a leading US satellite communications provider for aviation and defense, has been identified as the latest target of a broad phone surveillance hack blamed on the Chinese government. The breach, first revealed during last year’s presidential campaign, underscores persistent cybersecurity vulnerabilities in critical comms infrastructure.

2025-06-17T15:19:42.337127-07:00

Viasat Identified as Victim in Phone Surveillance Hack Attributed to China

Breaking Defense

DARPA Pushes Formal Methods to Harden Defense Industrial Base Against Hacks DARPA’s Kathleen Fischer says much of the defense industrial base is “choosing to leave the doors open” in cyberspace. The agency is launching a formal methods initiative to embed proof-based security into defense systems and make contractors “much, much harder” targets for adversaries.

2025-06-17T13:07:26.515693-07:00

DARPA Pushes Formal Methods to Harden Defense Industrial Base Against Hacks

dronelife.com

DJI Urges Completion of NDAA-Mandated Security Audit Ahead of Deadline DJI has urged the US government to complete a security assessment mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act before the NDAA’s imminent deadline, warning that failure to act promptly could undermine the drone ecosystem and strand thousands of commercial, industrial and defense operators dependent on its platforms.

2025-06-16T09:53:45.017675-07:00

DJI Urges Completion of NDAA-Mandated Security Audit Ahead of Deadline

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WestJet operations unaffected as cybersecurity incident disrupts app and internal systems WestJet Airlines, based in Calgary, is investigating a cybersecurity incident that has restricted access to its mobile app and certain internal systems, though the carrier says flight operations remain safe and unaffected. Internal response teams and law enforcement have been activated to probe the breach’s scope and impact.

2025-06-14T09:27:03.713984-07:00

WestJet operations unaffected as cybersecurity incident disrupts app and internal systems

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