Congressional Adds

Funding provided to support equipping F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft with an Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (AGCAS) to prevent Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT). AGCAS continuously monitors terrain elevation data stored in the Digital Map Computer (DMC)/ Digital Video Map Computer (DVMC), aircraft altitude (INS/GPS), and predicted flight path, to proactively identify and predict potential CFIT incidents. The system generates warnings and advisories, culminating in automatic flight control inputs to recover the aircraft and prevent collisions. AUTOGCAS will provide the F/A-18 with an auto recovery capability that maneuvers the aircraft away from the ground through automatic flight control surface commands until the aircraft is no longer at risk of impending CFIT. Solid State Light Off Detector: Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) funding to explore design concepts to implement a solid state light-off detector in an F414 application. The program will identify concepts to explore in addition to a qualification and implementation plan to field the design into F414 Fleet assets.