The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) congratulated Garmin International on earning the prestigious 2020 Robert J. Collier Trophy for Garmin Autoland, the world\u2019s first certified emergency autonomous system to safely fly and land an aircraft without human intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Garmin Autoland system marks a significant improvement\nin civil aviation,\u201d said Jim Albaugh, chairman of the National Aeronautic\nAssociation (NAA) in awarding the Collier Trophy. \u201cIts ability to take over an\nairplane with a disabled pilot and land it safely will save many lives in the\nfuture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Autoland can be activated automatically, or by a passenger,\nin the event of an emergency such as pilot incapacitation. Once activated, the\nsystem flies the aircraft to the most suitable nearby airport and runway,\navoiding terrain and adverse weather, initiates a stabilized approach and lands\nthe aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following an in-aircraft Autoland demonstration last year,\nNBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen wrote to the NAA Collier Trophy Selection\nCommittee to nominate the technology for the award. \u201cAfter personally pushing a\nbutton at 10,000 feet over Kansas and coming to a full stop on the centerline\nof Johnson County Executive Airport with no human input,\u201d Bolen wrote, \u201cI\nrealized I had just experienced one of the greatest safety technologies in the\nhistory of aviation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To date, Autoland is installed in the Cirrus Vision SF50 G2\nsingle-engine jet and Piper M600\/SLS and Daher TBM 940 turboprop singles.\nEarlier this year, Garmin Executive Vice-President and Managing Director of\nAviation Phil Straub discussed with NBAA the tremendous potential for\nautonomous systems to further enhance the safety of flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPilots are naturally prone to distraction, fixation, task saturation, loss of situational awareness, among other things,\u201d he noted. \u201cWhile computerized systems also have limitations, when blended and integrated properly with the crew, they provide for highly safe operation of the aircraft by offsetting the limitations of each other.\u201d Read the NBAA Business Aviation Insider New Horizons feature, \u201cAdvancing Safety Through Automation<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n First awarded in 1911, the Collier Trophy is awarded\nannually \u201cfor the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in\nAmerica, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of\nair or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by\nactual use during the preceding year,\u201d according to NAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Past Collier recipients include Orville Wright, Neil\nArmstrong and the Apollo 11 team, the Gulfstream G650, the Commercial Aviation\nSafety Team (CAST) and Cessna Aircraft Company and the Citation X Design Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) congratulated Garmin International on earning the prestigious 2020 Robert J. Collier Trophy for Garmin Autoland, the world\u2019s first certified emergency autonomous system to safely fly and land an aircraft without human intervention. \u201cThe Garmin Autoland system marks a significant improvement in civil aviation,\u201d said Jim Albaugh, chairman of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18619,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18616\/revisions\/18619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}