http://www.janes.com/article/43782/usaf-to-roll-out-automatic-recovery-system-for-f-16s

The US Air Force (USAF) will field an automatic terrain avoidance system on its Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft in the coming weeks, the service announced in late September.

The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS), developed under the M6.2+ F-16 Operational Flight Program (OFP), will be rolled-out across the fleet this autumn with the aim of reducing controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) by 90%, the air force said. According to the USAF, 26% of aircraft losses and 75% of all F-16 fatalities are caused by CFIT.

Not even a peep from the usual USAF suspects?  

So does it add another engine?

So no more Lawn dart? It'll try to avoid it?

Further reduction of the pilot to a voting member.

Damn.

 

How relevant is this system?  Weren't they still blaming the pilots for all of General Dynamic's engineering fuck ups at that point?