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Design, integration and flight test of an autonomous ground collision avoidance system

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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 future 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.

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  1. Air Force Research Laboratory, St. Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, USA

    D. E. Swihart

  2. Infoscitex Corp, Dayton, USA

    A. F. Barfield

  3. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, USA

    E. M. Griffin, R. C. Lehmann, S. C. Whitcomb & B. Flynn

  4. NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, USA

    M. A. Skoog

  5. Calspan Corporation, Edwards AFB, Edwards, USA

    K. E. Prosser

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  1. D. E. Swihart
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Swihart, D.E., Barfield, A.F., Griffin, E.M. et al. Design, integration and flight test of an autonomous ground collision avoidance system. Gyroscopy Navig. 2, 84–91 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075108711020088

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