The U.S. Air Force's F-16D Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology (ACAT) aircraft takes off from Edwards Air Force Base on a flight originating from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. NASA Dryden worked with the Air Force Research Laboratory in the ACAT Fighter Risk Reduction Project to develop collision avoidance technologies for fighter/attack aircraft that would reduce the risk of ground and mid-air collisions.
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NASA ID
ED09-0118-01
Date Created
May 14, 2009
Center
AFRC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Tom Tschida
Location
AFRC