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 is available on this page. (after September 6th, 2024)
Report section extracts specifically for flight crew are below:
- Crew Guidance
- Technical Guide: the Where, Why and How of GPS Spoofing
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]
Final Report
Link to the Final Report of the GPS Spoofing WorkGroup.
PDF, 10 Mb, 128 pages.
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