Originally Posted by
Just This Once...
A number of years ago we (the UK) did look at protection system that moved away from a recovery algorithm to a dynamic flight envelope protection system. The idea behind it was to prevent or frustrate any manoeuvre that could not be manually (or automatically) recovered from.
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The original idea behind the programme was to eliminate the alarms and overt interventions used with traditional GCAS whilst providing care-free handling, without ever fully-seizing control from a pilot operating at the limits of achievable flight. Without a platform customer I guess the details are archived at dstl or with whatever DEC-TA morphed into.
That systems could have saved the Italian Typhoon and pilot lost. The Typhoon already has an automatic recovery function but is pilot selected. Had your system been developed and linked to the existing auto-recovery function that would have made an effective system.
I wonder if automatic ground/air collision systems will be on the next UK fighter and will the UK develop it or buy it from the USAF?