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What’s new: Several interesting cases of interference and detection at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA.
Why it’s important:
- GPS/GNSS interference can disrupt port operations.
- Deliberate interference with GPS/GNSS is almost always associated with illicit activity.
What else to know:
- We wonder why every port and law enforcement operation doesn’t have this capability.
- This story includes multiple instances of deliberate interference with GPS and one accidental interference.
- We are glad to see this work get some visibility.
- Congrats to UHU, a big supporter of the RNT Foundation!
The LA / Long Beach Port GPS Jamming Story
“UHU Technologies revealed persistent unwanted emissions in the GPS L1-CA band that jammed / impacted critical equipment in the LA ”
– Long Beach Ports
In October 2021, UHU Technologies offered to deploy three Northstar systems in the Los Angeles and Long Beach Port areas to monitor potential impact from GPS jammers or spoofers. Working with L.A. and Long Beach port authorities and container terminal owners, we initially selected three container terminals shown in Figure 3.
When positioned approximately 2 miles apart, the team could assess a variety of jamming threats over a large area, establishing a consistent pattern of interference that justified a more rigorous monitoring of the heavily trafficked terminal in the port. Terminal C in the image above agreed to work with our Team to monitor their terminal south entrance.
