Adaptive Safety System Flies On Variable Stability F-16

Credit: U.S. Air Force/CALSPAN
Testing of an adaptive flight controller that could enable pilots to save a damaged or out-of-control aircraft is underway on an F-16 at Edwards AFB, California, as a critical step toward eventual certification of the system for piloted and unmanned aircraft. The first flight of the L1 adaptive...

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