Auto GCAS
Collier Trophy Citation
The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System Team
For successfully completing a rapid design, integration, and flight test of critical, lifesaving technology for the worldwide F-35 fleet, expanding the technology for F-16 users and civil aviation, and certification standards that marked aviation's entry into the age of autonomy.
Impact on Safety
Since the fielding of Auto GCAS in the F-16 fleet it has been as if an off switch was thrown for controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)
