There are no aircraft incidents due to system failures, as they are equipped with multiple navigation systems.
In Estonia, malfunctions were recorded in the operation of GPS, a navigation system that operates thanks to satellites in Earth orbit. The country believes the Russians are interfering with GPS in an attempt to jam the drones. Director General of the Estonian Air Navigation Service (EANS) Ivar Verk said this on Thursday, April 4, ERR reports.
According to him, daily EANS receives 10-20 messages from pilots about GPS failures.
“Disruptions have become more frequent and their scale has grown. The Russians probably want to disrupt potential attacks by drones. I cannot say what will happen next,” the EANS CEO emphasized .
He added that pilots of drones intended for recreation have not encountered any operational obstacles in Estonia.
“There were also no aircraft incidents due to malfunctions, as they were equipped with several navigation systems,” Werk said.
He added that since March of this year, an alternative navigation network has been operating in Estonia.
In this regard, the Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulation Authority (TTJA) said that if last year’s faults were detected only in the northeastern part of Estonia, from the beginning of 2024 the fault zone will expand and cover the Gulf of Finland and Central Estonia. The organization indicates that this is due to cyber attacks from the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation.
It was previously reported that Estonia plans to invest more than 3% of its gross domestic product in defense in the coming years.
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