New US Navy Flight Control Enables Smoother Carrier Landings
Inder Singh Bisht December 28, 2021
The US Navy has received the new Precision Landing Mode (PLM) flight-control technology, enabling smoother, safer aircraft carrier landings for Super Hornet pilots.
Landing an aircraft on a bobbing carrier requires precise positioning and timing for the tailhook to catch the arresting wire and bring the plane to a halt on a 300-ft (91.4-m) runway.
In a boon for fighter pilots, the latest iteration of the PLM “reduces the number of inputs a pilot must make on the final approach to a carrier.”
‘Drastically’ Reduces Manual Adjustments
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/12/28/new-us-navy-flight-control/
