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    Auto GCAS-ACAS-ICAS

    UNITED STATES

    09.03.2024

    Story by Michael Weber 

    Air Force Research Laboratory

    Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System, or GCAS was developed jointly by the Air Force Research Lab’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, Lockheed-Martin Skunk WorksTM, and NASA. It is designed to reduce controlled flight into terrain, or CFIT, which accounts for 26 percent of aircraft losses and 75 percent of all F-16 pilot fatalities. It will eventually protect more than 3,200 F-35s and their pilots.
    The team has also developed an Automatic Air Collision Avoidance System (Auto ACAS). Together, the two systems form the Automatic Integrated Collision Avoidance System (Auto ICAS), the world’s first fully automatic, integrated, combat flight safety system that prevents both air-to-air and air-to-ground collisions. The developers were honored with two Aviation Week Laureate Awards and the 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy.

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    Date Taken: 09.03.2024
    Date Posted: 09.16.2024 07:27
    Story ID: 480001
    Location: US

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