site.btaEU to Boost Satellite Protection Against GPS Jamming, Commissioner Kubilius Says

The European Union will deploy additional satellites in low Earth orbit to strengthen resilience against GPS interference and will improve capabilities to detect it, the European Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius, said on Monday as quoted by Reuters. 

His statement followed Bulgaria's Government Information Service report on Monday about an incident on Sunday when the GPS system aboard European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plane lost the satellite GPS signal to its navigation system while approaching Plovdiv Airport in South Central Bulgaria. 

At a press conference on Monday, Commission Deputy Chief Spokesperson Arianna Podesta said the Bulgarian authorities suspect that the GPS incident during President Ursula von der Leyen’s trip to Bulgaria was due to blatant interference by Russia.