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The U.S. Air Force's F-16D Ground Collision Avoidance Technology (GCAT) aircraft. An airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS, usually pronounced as ay-kas) operates independently of ground-based equipment and air traffic control in warning pilots of the presence of other aircraft that may present a threat of collision. If the risk of ...
The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) enhances safety by mitigating controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents. [1] The Auto-GCAS team was awarded the 2018 Collier Trophy for the design-integration and flight testing in the F-35 , marking the year's greatest achievement in aeronautics. [ 2 ]
A simple collision avoidance system. In transportation, collision avoidance is the maintenance of systems and practices designed to prevent vehicles (such as aircraft, motor vehicles, ships, cranes and trains) from colliding with each other. They perceive the environment with sensors and prevent collisions using the data collected from the sensors.
A portable collision avoidance system (PCAS) is a proprietary aircraft collision avoidance system similar in function to traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS). TCAS is the industry standard for commercial collision avoidance systems but PCAS is gaining recognition as an effective means of collision avoidance for general aviation and is in use the world over by independent pilots in ...
A teenage hunter allegedly shot dead his parents and younger brother before taking his own life in a horrifying murder-suicide. Clifford Hunt Jr., 19, is believed to have shot parents Michelle, 48 ...
Mount Tamalpais Air Force Station was the military installation where the 666th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was activated on January 1, 1951. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The squadron "began operating a pair of AN/CPS-6 B radars at this Bay-area site in late 1951".
A California-based tire company has recalled over 540,000 replacement tires mistakenly labeled as snow traction products, according to an announcement from the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
Steve Guttenberg hit the ground running to help people impacted by the fires in Pacific Palisades — and he was almost unrecognizable. The flames first began around 10:30 a.m. local time on ...