This graphic depicts how the automatic ground collision avoidance system (Auto-GCAS) software application, tied to a small autopilot, can command the flight controls to alter the flight path of an ...

EDWARDS (CBSLA.com) — Most air travelers don't know it, but NASA is with you when you fly. That's right — the first 'A' in NASA stands for Aeronautics, and the agency continues to develop methods to ...

The Auto-GCAS’s capabilities can best be appreciated firsthand. During a 1-hr. 20-min. flight on the Air Force Research Laboratory/NASA F-16 testbed, this Aviation Week editor observed a variety of ...

Several articles have mentioned the A-GCAS (Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System) as the military tech capable to avert the Germanwings crash. We recently run a very detailed article about GCAT ...

Are you a pilot looking for a handy means to help keep you out of trouble ¬– such as, say, flying into immoveable objects like mountains or the ground? Well, in the future, there may be an app for ...

The United States Air Force (USAF) has announced that it is in the process of fitting out its fleet of F-16 fighters with a NASA-developed system that has the potential to save hundreds of lives and ...

Technology that would have prevented the Germanwings plane crash tragedy is already in use by the US Air Force (USAF) and should be used by all commercial aircraft, experts have said. Newsweek spoke ...