Ability to “Hijack” civilian Drones adds new Concerns to the UAS Issue

Researchers from the University of Texas recently demonstrated how a civiliam UAS can be easily “spoofed” by jamming it with a fake GPS signal. Professor Todd Humphreys from Austin’s Radionavigation Laboratory concludes that, “Spoofing a GPS receiver on a UAV is just another way of hijacking a plane,”

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Drones vulnerable to terrorist hijacking, researchers say

Added 7/3, Follow-up story by Lee Dye of ABC’s Good Morning America
Drone Aircraft Hijacked by Students in Test; Could Iran Do It?

Rich Hanson
AMA Government and Regulatory Affairs