Boeing and US Navy simulate MQ-25 carrier recovery using F-35 automated landing system

MQ-25 simulated carrier landing

Source: Boeing

To land aboard US Navy aircraft carriers, Boeing’s unmanned MQ-25 Stingray tanker jet will make use of the Joint Precision Approach Landing System – a technology originally deployed to autonomously land Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters.

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