Commercial planes have technology that helps prevent crashes — but it has limitations, which was highlighted by the accident in Washington. By Niraj Chokshi For decades, airlines, regulators, ...

The Automatic Air Collision Avoidance System (Auto ACAS) is explained by USAF fighter pilots and other technical experts. The Auto ACAS is designed to protect fighter pilots from mid-air collisions.

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

WASHINGTON — The aircraft involved in the mid-air collision earlier this year over Ronald Reagan National Airport lacked certain collision avoidance systems that could have helped an Army helicopter ...

European air transport legislation has been revised to enable introduction of airborne collision-avoidance systems based on alternative conflict-resolution modelling. The European Union legislation – ...

One of two firefighting helicopters that collided in midair over a Southern California brush fire lacked an electronic warning device that alerts pilots to approaching aircraft — a critical deficiency ...

What’s the innovation?: Ford’s patent outlines a sensor-based system that can move a parked car to avoid collisions with approaching objects like vehicles or shopping carts. How it works: The system ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has developed a new test for evaluating collision-avoidance systems, and the first batch of test subjects — small SUVs — has struggled. The new test has a ...

The system employs real-time kinematic GPS technology for accurate vehicle location tracking on parallel tracks. Credit: Denis Belitsky/Shutterstock. Tauro Technologies announced the launch of its new ...

Washington ― Just over a month after the deadly crash of an American Airlines flight and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport, a Michigan congressman is introducing ...