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According to the report, the US Marine Corps has approved the deployment of the Automatic Terrain Awareness and Warning System (ATAWS) across its F/A-18 Hornet fleet, with rollout scheduled to begin in early 2026. The system builds on the Hornet’s existing Terrain Awareness and Warning System, which provides pilots with timely auditory and visual warnings of potential collisions with the ground or obstacles.
The report also stated that ATAWS advances this capability by not only warning pilots of an imminent crash but, if they fail to respond, automatically assuming control to recover the aircraft to a safe altitude, whereas legacy Hornets rely on manual throttles. It said that ATAWS can intervene solely through flight-control inputs and activate only after a pilot fails to respond to all visual and auditory warnings, enabling automatic recovery when human reaction time is no longer sufficient.
Lt. Col. Timothy Burchett also said that any time a system is designed to take control of the aircraft away from the pilot intentionally, extreme diligence is required. He said that they have to be certain it would not interfere with a mission or take action when it shouldn’t.
Source: The Defense Post
The report also stated that ATAWS advances this capability by not only warning pilots of an imminent crash but, if they fail to respond, automatically assuming control to recover the aircraft to a safe altitude, whereas legacy Hornets rely on manual throttles. It said that ATAWS can intervene solely through flight-control inputs and activate only after a pilot fails to respond to all visual and auditory warnings, enabling automatic recovery when human reaction time is no longer sufficient.
Lt. Col. Timothy Burchett also said that any time a system is designed to take control of the aircraft away from the pilot intentionally, extreme diligence is required. He said that they have to be certain it would not interfere with a mission or take action when it shouldn’t.
Source: The Defense Post
