Boeing F/A-18 Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance Makes Strides

F/A-18 flying over sea

U.S. Navy F/A-18s evaluated the Automatic Terrain Awareness and Warning System at sea and over desert terrain in California.

Credit: Katie Archibald/U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, along with two partner operators, are set to install automatic ground collision avoidance systems in Boeing F/A-18 fleets—admitting that the technology could have prevented several fatal crashes. Both the legacy F/A-18 Hornet fleet in the U.S. Marine Corps and Royal...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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