Landing a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier is borderline surgical. The deck space is tight, typically only about 500 feet long, which is nowhere near enough for a jet going 150 mph to stop by brakes ...

An F/A-18F Super Hornet uses MAGIC CARPET technology while performing a touch-and-go on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier George Washington on June 24, 2021. The technology reduces the burden on ...

Whereas a land-based pilot can be expected to “grease” the runway, carrier landings demand that naval pilots make a controlled impact—essentially a crash aboard the deck. Landing on an aircraft ...