F-16 Flight Demos Auto-GCAS Potential
By Guy Norris
Edwards AFB, Calif.
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 scenarios, many flown at extremely low altitudes and high speed, designed to show how the automatic ground collision avoidance system (Auto-GCAS) ...