Common UAV landing system records first successful recovery

The Common Automatic Recovery System (CARS), designed to reduce the number of unmanned aerial vehicle mishaps by automating the landing process, recorded its first fully automated landing using a Pioneer UAV. Five landings were accomplished at Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River, Md., last...

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