Legal use of radio jammers

However, some states are proposing legislation, such as California, that would allow firefighters and authorities to cancel drones if they interfere with emergencies like wildfires. Blocking access to airports, hovering over fires and crossing highways could be seen as situations that could bring down these drones. However, it remains unclear whether officials legally allow the use of radio jammers such as drone jamming devices.

A common use of jammers in London is taxi and HGV drivers evading rules on maximum driving hours or trying to stop employers from tracking them. In other parts of the world, GPS jamming has been used for more sinister purposes. South Korea was subject to a major campaign of GPS jamming from North Korea in 2016, affecting ship and aircraft navigation.

You need to determine how well the aircraft receives the GPS transmissions. Although illegal to purchase and use in the United States, some people have and use hand held gps jammer. A team of engineers will drive to an area centrally located under the aircraft search pattern and determine if one of these devices will affect the aircraft’s reception of the GPS signal. Prior to the mission, you will simulate the test in STK.

Reactive jamming uses a receiver to scan a frequency range to detect signal activity. Upon detection of an active signal the jammer focuses its transmission power directly on the active signal’s frequency. This power-sharing technique allows the jammer to bring the maximum amount of power on target at any one time.The work is currently underway to develop an aircraft equipped with jamming systems that will replace Il-22PP Porubshchik [electronic warfare aircraft], which are currently being delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces

In that short time, trainers from SMDC are able to help Soldiers identify when their communications gear has been jammed. That skill has become increasingly important under the Army’s multi-domain battle concept, which envisions dispersed forces operating in contested environments against near-peer threats.The Calspan Gulfstream G-III Airborne Testbed is supporting the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Program. The NGJ is a pod carried by a tactical aircraft that prevents any type of electro-magnetic communication (e.g., cell phone, radio, etc.) by our enemies.