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Push a Button, Land on a Carrier

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the auto-pilots dept.

sane? writes "Putting an aircraft down on a carrier in bad weather is the stuff of melodramatic Hollywood films. Automated systems for conventional aircraft and big carriers has been done for a while, but getting a hovering Harrier, helicopter, or future JSF to land on a pitching deck of a smaller ship is a different matter. This week QinetiQ demonstrated a complete autoland - a significant step towards making the future JSF work."

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  1. Prior Art - They will get sued! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    One-click carrier landings are currently covered under a Jeff Bezos patent.

  2. huh? by ms1234 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The technology could also be used on helicopters, frigates and destroyers.

    When are we going to see frigates and destroyes landing on carriers?-)