The United Kingdom and the United States are seeking alternatives to GPS technology that would not rely on satellite data.

The Times reports about this.

Analysts warn that the threat of satellite and navigation jamming would only be increasing.

Experts are concerned that future wars could be fought using the signal jammers without a single shot being fired.

Jeremy Quin, the UK’s defense procurement minister, stated that the government would “need to be alert” to the threat of satellite meddling.

Now, this issue has become relevant, as Russia uses the war in Ukraine to test its GPS jamming.

“We need to learn the lessons from that and continue our own innovative work in the field,” Quin adds.

Information on the government’s search for alternatives to the Global Positioning System has been confirmed by the British Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy.

The UK is reviewing alternative navigation systems including OneWeb and the American brand NextNav.

Negotiations with NextNav are already ongoing to deploy a navigation system in London and Manchester that uses only ground station signals.

GPS is the Global Positioning System, a set of electronic devices that provides geolocation and speed of an object on the Earth’s surface or in the atmosphere.

Suspension of GPS can disrupt power systems, mobile phones, banks, and severely complicate the use of high-precision weapons.