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GPS impersonation (global positioning system) can be considered a form of cyber attack that includes generating false GPS signals to discourage an aircraft.
IAF aircraft | Representative image
After sources in the military establishment suggested that the transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force that transport relief materials to the earthquake hit Myanmar Last Last “GPS spoofing”, the IAF has said that its crew is well capable of handling the many and “all.”
GPS impersonation (global positioning system) can be considered a form of cyber attack that includes generating false GPS signals to discourage an aircraft. False signals are the result of deceiving the navigation equipment, which represents a significant risk for the aircraft.
“The Mandalay International Airport published the possibility of an availability of GPS relegated as Notam and all precautions to address such conditions were established,” said the IAF in a position on X on Monday.
Notam or ‘Aviator warning’ is a notice presented with an aviation authority that seeks to alert pilots of a potential hazard aircraft.
“The IAF crew is well able to handle such lack of availability, while guaranteeing the safety of the flight and the achievement of the task or mission designated. Consequently, each mission was achieved as planned,” added the IAF.
India sent the first shipment of helping materials to Myanmar on March 29 on a C-130J plane and its pilots reported that the GPS signal of the plane was manipulated when it was in Myanmar’s airspace, the sources tolerate the PTI on Sunday.
Nueva Delhi sent a total of six military transport aircraft to Myanmar, transporting help materials, field hospitals and rescue equipment, and most of them experience GPS impersonation, they said.
Of six, five planes landed in Yangon and Nay-Pyi-Daw from March 29 to 30, while one was sent to Mandalay on April 1.
The transport aircraft of the IAF that transports helping materials to Myanmar at the end of last month faced “GPS supplant”, which caused Safety Conns since the pilots were forced to trust the backup systems, sources said in the military establishment.
India had launched ‘Operation Brahma’ to extend the assistance to Myanmar after the country was beaten by an important earthquake on March 28.
Besids El C-130J Super Hercules, the Indian Air Force also operated C-17 Globemaster’s heavy aircraft to bring help materials and rescue equipment to Myanmar.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a FEED – PTI syndicated news agency)