Flight Tests Validate Collision-Avoidance System
199 views · Published 31 May 2013 · 13:29 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: NASA Video · 2013 · Science & Technology
Flights tests of a smartphone-assisted automatic ground collision avoidance system at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center consistently commanded evasive maneuvers when it sensed that the unmanned test aircraft was getting too close to mountainous terrain. When fully developed, the technology could help prevent controlled-flight-into-terrain accidents by general aviation and unmanned aircraft.
