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I don't know for sure, but if I were a betting man, I would say it is 100% automated. We had the "test" control panel up in PriFly on Lincoln, and there was a touchscreen that controlled it in the pattern. It would show it's position relative to the ship and you could command it to extend upwind, turn downwind, waveoff, etc. We had a C-12 go down to about the 100' point and execute waveoffs for about 6-7 patterns. Pretty interesting.
Wonder how it's going to do when the TACAN goes down, or if it even uses it. I would guess it uses some other flavor of link with the ship's PPLI, or some such.
Wonder how it's going to do when the TACAN goes down, or if it even uses it. I would guess it uses some other flavor of link with the ship's PPLI, or some such.