The Pentagon is heading up and moving out on whether such a role would be legal. Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) said he spoke on Monday with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who told him the matter “is being carefully reviewed,” according to the National Journal.
An Air Force C-17 transport jet recently tested a new technology that could help aviators stay on course even if the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS) that much of modern-day aviation relies on is compromised.