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VISTA F-16 Tests Ground Collision Avoidance System
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 The US Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, with the support from neighboring NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, is testing an innovative system intended to help prevent midair collisions. Flight testing of the Automatic Air Collision Avoidance System, known as Auto ACAS, began in March. The system is installed in the Variable-Stability, Inflight Simulation and Test Aircraft F-16, better known as VISTA F-16. Auto ACAS is an algorithm that decides when an avoidance maneuver is required. The system predicts the recovery flight path and evaluates other aircraft flight paths to determine the best escape maneuver. The autopilot then executes the avoidance maneuver and disengages as soon as the flight paths deconflict. |
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