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Old 20th Feb 2015, 08:29
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Autopilots on modern fighters

A single F/A-18 had been used by Boeing in the development of autoland software. It never made a full landing under autopilot but demonstrated the technology for use with a drone which has made successful arrested landings.

Typhoon includes a system in case of pilot incapacitation that levels the wings and puts the aircraft into a slight climb. I do not know what logic it uses to establish G-induced Loss Of Consciousness has happened but that's how the system is advertised.

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