U.S. Navy Lands Fighter Jet on Aircraft Carrier Via Remote Control
The joystick-based landing system is called ATARI. Because of course it is.
By Kyle Mizokami
Apr 3, 2018
The US Navy recently landed a strike fighter on the deck of an aircraft carrier without the pilot inside actually doing anything. Instead, an officer aboard the carrier guided the aircraft down by remote control. The system, known as ATARI, is meant to solve the problem of landing unmanned aircraft during emergencies.
The test landings took place in late March aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The system is called aircraft terminal approach remote inceptor, or ATARI for short, and consists of an F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter outfitted for remote operation.
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