Global Scans · Geospatial · Weekly Summary

• [New] Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), including the U.S. GPS and Europe's Galileo, face a growing threat from spoofing and jamming, especially in conflict zones such as Ukraine where signal disruptions have had tactical implications. International Defense Security & Technology
• [New] The UK Royal Navy's Disruptive Capabilities and Technologies Office recently teamed up with scientists from the University of Sussex to test new navigation sensors developed to reduce reliance on GPS navigation. GPS World
• [New] ULA will fly the fourth GPS III follow-on mission, which will improve the Department of Defense's GPS capabilities. Space Daily
• [New] Intelligence Online also stated on X about it that Russia's Roscosmos space agency will develop low-cost civilian programmes, with the help of private players, to address the acute crisis facing Russian geospatial intelligence. Medium
• [New] Looking ahead, AI Smart Cities 2025 will likely evolve into even more integrated systems: combining augmented reality for navigation, robotics for maintenance, AI mediators for citizen-government interaction, and further decentralization via edge computing. learnaitools.in
• [New] 2025 will see more demonstrations and approvals in principle for autonomous navigation technologies and more ships completed, ready for unmanned operations, though full autonomous deployment will likely require several more years of testing and regulatory approval. Shipfinex.com
• [New] VyomIC's technology will provide spoofing-proof and jamming-resistant signals, addressing vulnerabilities in existing systems like GPS and GLONASS. / India Guidely
• [New] Over recent years, nations across the Baltic Sea region, Eastern Europe, and the Northern airspace have reported unexplained signal disruptions interfering with GPS and GNSS services. Aerotime
• [New] Challenges such as high operational costs, intense global competition from other advanced scientific facilities, and the complex management of data security and intellectual property rights in international collaborations will need careful navigation. The Lethbridge Herald - News and Sports from around Lethbridge
• [New] Just as atomic clocks transformed navigation and telecommunications, quantum-enhanced sensors with extreme sensitivity could enable whole new industries. ScienceDaily
• [New] Physicists in Australia and Britain have reshaped quantum uncertainty to sidestep the restriction imposed by the famous Heisenberg uncertainty principle - a result that could underpin future ultra-precise sensor technology used in navigation, medicine and astronomy. ScienceDaily
• [New] China will pursue science-first and commerce-first projects to generate military-relevant data and leverage (hydrographic surveys, remote sensing, telecommunications footholds, research partnerships) that remain formally deniable as they expand operational awareness and footholds. Policy Options
• [New] Scenarios involving China could include marine surveys that can double as submarine navigation mapping, telecom projects that create data exfiltration risk, dual-use research sites, and commercial investments that create future supply-chain leverage. Policy Options
• [New] Tensions have led to the rise of the dark fleet, GPS jamming and AIS spoofing, all of which complicate cyber and compliance risks. (Re)in Asia - Emerging risks - Growth opportunities - A
• By 2100, the Arctic is expected to support year-round navigation for all major vessel types, allowing the ASR to handle 2.25% of global traffic (569,214 voyages) under the OTS or 2.07% (180,608 voyages) under the PTS, surpassing the Suez Canal and Panama Canal (Fig. 1 c, d). PubMed Central (PMC)
• European officials have been warning about other hybrid threats and suspect Moscow was behind a string of incidents, including the sabotage of an undersea cable, cyberattacks, GPS jamming of civil aviation, and even acts of arson. Fortune
• Japan will expand export controls to cover general-purpose machine tools, integrated circuits, drones, radar, navigation, and testing equipment, requiring companies to verify potential military use. DIGITIMES Inc.
• Russia has used jammers in Danish waters, which caused GPS disruptions. Insurance Journal
• By embedding AI into geospatial workflows, Esri is offering its users tools that can predict, optimise, and automate at scale. Highways Today
• The incident regarding the European Commission President's plane has raised GPS denial from inconvenience to a strategic security threat. GPS World
• Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, GPS signal disruptions have become a nuisance that people have learned to live with across Europe, especially when they travel near Russian and Belarusian airspace. Cryptopolitan
• The digital wallets in 2025 will be built on biometric authentication (facial recognition, fingerprint scanning) and AI-based fraud detection. Cheqly

Last updated: 19 October 2025