It is operated from a computer workstation, rather than by traditional aircraft controls, and has an automatic landing system.

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He invented the radio direction finder, autopilot and the first fully automatic aircraft landing system.

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The Sky Warrior's automatic takeoff and landing system can put a plane on a runway "plus or minus one foot, " says one Department of Defense official who asked not to be named.

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