India’s Civil Aviation Minister, Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, has confirmed that ‘regular’ jamming and spoofing incidents have been taking place at the country’s airports since 2023.
In a written answer presented to parliament, the minister reported that his department was aware of GPS disruption at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Airport, as well as at Kolkata, Amritsar, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai.
The source of the jamming and spoofing is yet to be confirmed, though as of yet it has not led to any harm. With critical flight control software relying on GPS, any interference can have disastrous safety consequences. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked the Wireless Monitoring Organization to trace the source.
The minister’s statement adds:
[AAI] is implementing advanced cyber security solutions for IT Networks and Infrastructure. […] Cyber security is ensured by continuous upgradation. As the nature and type of the threat changes, new protective measures are being taken.
The number of GPS spoofing and jamming incidents has risen substantially in recent years, especially in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In September 2025, a plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, was even forced to land in Bulgaria using paper maps due to GPS interference.
States in Scandinavia and the Baltics have also complained of repeated GPS spoofing, blaming Russian activity for the disruption. At the same time, the European Space Agency (ESA) is investing in quantum positioning technology to try and overcome the security weaknesses of GPS.
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