Analysis on the technical characteristics of automatic carrier landing of carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicles
Automatic carrier landing is the enabling technology of unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV)that must be solved before launching.The US military has completed the demonstrated automatic carrier landing test of X-47B UAV in 2013,which laid a good technical foundation for the development of its carrier-based MQ-25A Stingray UAV.By sorting out the differ-ence between land landing and carrier landing system,the general procedure of automatic carrier landing of carrier-based UAV is given.The technical characteristics of automatic carrier landing of carrier-based UAV is analyzed through function role,working range,system architecture,system requirement,implementation approach as well as key technology,et al.which will provide a reference for subsequent research on relevant key technologies and development of weapons and equipment.