The modified 'DROID' small unmanned aircraft in the foreground was used as a test bed for development of a smartphone-enabled autonomous ground collision avoidance system adapted from the Auto-GCAS software that was successfully flight-tested at NASA Dryden on the F-16D behind it in 2010. [NASA photo by Tony Landis]
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News: Automatic Ground-Collision Avoidance System operational [2014-10-10]
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.
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