Controlled flight into terrain could be virtually eliminated as a mishap category for US Air Force fighters by loading a new set of algorithms into the flight computer. Two months ago, the Air Combat ...

Several articles have mentioned the A-GCAS (Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System) as the military tech capable to avert the Germanwings crash. We recently run a very detailed article about GCAT ...

The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) recognized the F-16’s dangerous attitude and automatically performed the recovery that saved the life of an unconscious student pilot.

This graphic depicts how the automatic ground collision avoidance system (Auto-GCAS) software application, tied to a small autopilot, can command the flight controls to alter the flight path of an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lt. Richard “Max” Bullock took the last flight of his life on June 3, 2022, when his F/A-18E Super Hornet launched from Naval Air ...

Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force are working on implementing an automatic ground collision avoidance system (auto-GCAS) for the service's F-16 Fighting Falcon fleet that is set to become ...

Lockheed Martin has begun integrating the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) onto US Air Force (USAF) F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) conventional variants, ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Test pilots and engineers from the 416th Flight Test Squadron had the chance to meet face-to-face with one of the squadron’s success stories Aug. 25. The group met ...

A technology that can help prevent pilots from colliding with the ground has begun its initial testing on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Air Force variant of the fifth-generation jet has begun ...

This newly declassified video footage from the head-up-display of a U.S. Air Force Arizona Air National Guard F-16 records the dramatic moment when its unconscious pilot is saved from certain death by ...

The U.S. Air Force is starting operational development of an automatic ground collision avoidance system (Auto-GCAS) that potentially could save many front-line combat aircraft. The system uses ...

A declassified Air Force video from May of this year shows the moments after an Arizona Air National Guard pilot on a training flight passed out during a high-speed turn. He was rendered unconscious ...