Originally Posted by
BDGERJMN
I don't imagine this is being tested and developed for manned systems at all. I know some of UCAV DT&E systems were integrated into F-18s for carrier suitability simply to test the capabilities. USMC you know as well as I do, we'll never see ILS in an F-18 that isn't painted blue.
I gave up on ILSs along time ago
Even the SWWGs were migrating to JPALS before I left!
Not to worry though - I fly enough ILSs now to make up for all the lost time
Optical tracker huh?
Hmmmmm....like I said - I don't know anything about this system, but I'm remembering the times when the basket is bobbing and weaving like Floyd Mayweather and it takes a lot of timing, skill, with two pinches of luck just to get into the basket (after many failed approaches). Maybe it will end up being like the proverbial solar powered PARs
