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Navy To Test Software To Make F/A-18 Carrier Landings Easier

Navy To Test Software To Make F/A-18 Carrier Landings Easier
A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet. (Photo: Boeing)

The Navy plans to conduct a three-day demonstration later this month of new F/A-18 flight control software designed to simplify aircraft carrier landings, a service official said April 13.The test will occur aboard an undisclosed carrier, said Capt. Frank Morley, the Navy’s F/A-18 and EA-18G program manager. The software, called the Maritime Augmented Guidance with Integrated Controls for Carrier Approach and Recovery Precision Enabling Technologies (MAGIC CARPET), has already been tested from land. If the carrier test is successful, MAGIC…

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