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Airbus A350-1000 Flight Test Aircraft Headed for GPS Signal Trials
Airbus is closely monitoring reports of GPS spoofing
Airbus A350-1000 flight test aircraft (Photo: Kerry Lynch/AIN)
The Airbus A350-1000 on display is equipped with a sensor and data-collection mechanisms that will allow it to monitor GPS signals as it returns to Toulouse, France. © Kerry Lynch/AIN

Following its week of demonstration flights with a 35 percent blend of sustainable aviation fuel during the air show, Airbus’s A350-1000 will become a testbed to check the accuracy of GPS signals as it flies back to Toulouse, France.

On its return flight, the testbed will cross regions where GPS spoofing has become an issue. “We want to be sure that the GPS signal that we receive inside the aircraft is a correct one,” said Airbus test flight engineer Gérard Maisonneuve.