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The US Navy (USN) is continuing the development and deployment of the Maritime Augmented Guidance with Integrated Controls for Carrier Approach and Recovery Precision Enabling Technologies, known in the USN by its acronym Magic Carpet, a system meant to make easier and safer to land F/A-18 aircraft aboard aircraft carriers

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With Magic Carpet, a set of software changes are made to the aircraft’s integrated controls that enable a computer to use the F/A-18’s angle of attack to help ensure the proper glide path and provide a steadier aircraft controlled by relatively small and quick wing adjustments, like those a bird would make for a landing.