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- the auto-GCAS appears to be a very capable ground avoidance system (as mentioned by other comments here).
It has already saved several fast jets and pilots. Some good clips on YT and good information on it in links in comment #34. Also the link below for Wright Patterson Air Force base. The USAF is also developing an ACAS (Air Collision Avoidance System).
- Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology (ACAT)
https://www.wpafb.af.mil/Welcome/Fac...chnology-acat/
The following description from The Aviationist: -
The Auto-GCAS (Automatic Ground-Collision Avoidance System) is an automatic system that, once installed and activated on a plane, monitors the flight parameters: to make it simple, when predictive algorithms and computer software determine that altitude, speed, attitude, GPS position, terrain are such that the CFIT [Controlled Flight Into Terrain] is imminent, the A-GCAS automatically (without pilot initiation) sends inputs to the flight controls to recover the plane.