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Automatic Ground-Collision Avoidance System operational Oct 10, 2014 - A new NASA-developed Automatic Ground-Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) that could significantly reduce the incidence of controlled flight into terrain aircraft accidents is currently being integrated into the flight control systems of the U.S. Air Force's fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft. [Read more...]	416th FLTS continues to enhance life-saving Auto-GCAS technology Nov 20, 2012 - Since the beginning of the partnership between the Department of Defense, NASA and Lockheed Martin, the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System has evolved into an instrument intended to keep civilian and military aircrew members fit to fly and fight another day. [Read more...]

AFRL concludes Auto-GCAS flight testing Oct 04, 2010 - The 103rd flight signalled the final effort in this phase of testing for the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System, part of the Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology/Fighter Risk Reduction Program. [Read more...]	Former F-16 pilot selected to fly the shuttle Dec 06, 2008 - Col Terry Virts Jr., 41, a former F-16 pilot has been named by NASA as the pilot of space shuttle Endeavour on flight STS-130 next December to the International Space Station. [Read more...]
Updated: Civilian F-16? Apr 29, 2008 - It appears that F-16A #78-0061 has been assigned civil registry N324DC. It is highly unlikely that this aircraft is being used by Lockheed-Martin or NASA. So who owns this aircraft? [Read more...]	NASA could put F-16XL back into the air Jul 09, 2007 - NASA is looking into the possibility of returning one of the two F-16XLs back into flyable status. [Read more...]
Thunderbirds release their 2007 schedule Dec 05, 2006 - The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, "Thunderbirds," has announced its 2007 air show schedule. The team is scheduled to perform more than 68 shows in 21 states and 8 European countries. [Read more...]	Legendary F-16 test pilot Neil Anderson dies Sep 18, 2006 - Neil R. Anderson accumulated over 15,000 flight hours in over 200 types of aircraft, some of them still very much experimental. But the story that probably spawned the most legends about him involved a belly landing in an F-16. [Read more...]
Defense contractor convicted for F-16 engine seals fraud Aug 25, 2004 - A defense contractor has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two and a half years as a result of participation in a fraudulent scheme to supply counterfeit and sub-standard aircraft parts to the United States Department of Defense. [Read more...]	Auto ACAS test team receives flight safety award Oct 19, 2003 - The Automatic Air Collision Avoidance System test team recently received the Tony LeVier Flight Test Safety Award for their exceptional contribution to flight test safety during 2003. [Read more...]

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