Crew Guidance published by GPS Spoofing Workgroup

In August 2024, OPSGROUP co-ordinated a GPS Spoofing WorkGroup, to investigate the GPS Spoofing problem. The aim of the WorkGroup was to assess the impact, analyze safety risks, gather best practices and guidance for Flight Crew, and provide recommendations to industry. 950 people took part, from airlines and aircraft operators, ATC, aviation authorities, OEM’s, GPS experts, and a variety of aviation organizations and other industry bodies.

Thank you to all who took part 😊😊😊.

The Workgroup is now complete, and was a great success! The complete report will be published on September 6th, 2024.

Report section extracts will be posted here as they are completed, covering:

Crew Guidance
Technical Guide: the Where, Why and How of GPS Spoofing
Safety Concerns
Impacts: Aircraft handling, Operational, ATC
Recommendations

Crew Guidance: GPS Spoofing

If you are operating a flight into a spoofing area tomorrow, this guidance will help to mitigate the impact of GPS Spoofing. This is based on best practices collected from the flight crew participating in the GPS Spoofing Workgroup, as well as OEM and other expert input.

Best practices for spoofing regions
Actions before, during and after spoofing
Typical spoofing flight profile
One-page Checklist style summary
Diagrams: GPS Spoofing Flight Profile, GPS Reception during Jamming & Spoofing

Download the Crew Guidance for GPS Spoofing, PDF, 2.7MB, 17 pages.

Technical Guide: the Where, Why and How of GPS Spoofing

This extract from the report of the GPS Spoofing Workgroup 2024 covers the technical details of GPS Spoofing:

Why, Where and How GPS Spoofing is happening – full technical details
Location Maps: Worldwide, Mediterranean, Black Sea, Russia & Baltics, India/Pakistan
Spoofing statistics and details by FIR
Aircraft types affected
Spoofing Patterns
Changes and current trends

Download the Technical Guide to GPS Spoofing, PDF, 5.3MB, 29 pages.
[This links to the Guide, available in your Members Dashboard]

Safety Concerns

To follow, September 4
Will be posted here
(Special Briefing, GPS Spoofing Guidance – Members Dashboard)

Impacts: Aircraft handling, Operational, ATC

To follow, September 5
Will be posted here
(Special Briefing, GPS Spoofing Guidance – Members Dashboard)

Workgroup Recommendations

To follow, September 6
Will be posted here
(Special Briefing, GPS Spoofing Guidance – Members Dashboard)

Full report

To follow, September 6
Will be posted here
(Special Briefing, GPS Spoofing Guidance – Members Dashboard)

Crew Guidance published by GPS Spoofing Workgroup