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GPS Spoofing And Jamming: Can Civil Aviation Adapt?
4 Sep 2026 · 37 min
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Aviation Week's Graham Warwick offers a scathing assessment of U.S. regulators as a King Air crash earlier this year underscores concerns about the Global Positioning System. He is joined by Robert Wall and Joe Anselmo to discuss its vulnerabilities and the barriers to overcoming those.
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Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
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Aviation Week & Space Technology editors take a look at some of the bigger-picture issues in the world of aerospace and defense
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