India’s aviation regulator, the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA), has issued a sweeping safety directive requiring pilots, air traffic controllers (ATCs), and airlines to report any suspected cases of spoofing in the global positioning system (GPS) or interference in the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) within 10 minutes of detection. Between November 2023 and February 2025, about 465 incidents of GPS interference or spoofing have been reported. The move follows multiple reports of GPS signal discrepancies around Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), one of the busiest in Asia, handling over 1,500 flight movements daily. These incidents mark the first recorded instances of GPS spoofing in Indian airspace, prompting heightened vigilance across the a

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