Currently, the majority of collision avoidance systems on fighter aircraft depend on the pilot taking action whenever a warning is issued by the manual system. Any fu ture substantial reductions in mishap rates will require extending the collision avoidance technology to systems that not only warn the pilot but also take control and fly the aircraft out of danger before returning control to the pilot. An Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) will provide this extension of collision avoidance technology.Much work has been accomplished over the past 20 years in the developing and testing of an Auto GCAS. In the past three years, a Fighter Risk Reduction Program
Over the past forty years, the number of fighter aircraft controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents per flight hour has not improved despite the addition of multiple manual warning systems. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has undertaken a program to develop an automatic system that will take over when the pilot can no longer recover the aircraft, perform an automatic recovery and quickly return control to the pilot.
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