An automatic landing system was recently tested with the U.S. Army's Hunter Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), developed by TRW Inc. and Israeli Aircraft Industries. During tests conducted at the US Army flight test near Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Tha UAV was flown and landed automatically during. Such capability, when fully integrated, will eliminate the need for the Army to train and maintain external pilots to launch and recover the UAV. The flight test consisted of two automatic takeoffs, four touch-and-go landings, and one full-stop landing, using the UAV Common Automatic Recovery System (UCARS). According to Lt. Col. Jeff Fitch, assistant program manager, Extended Range UAV program, U.S. Army, "The next step is to migrate Hunter auto takeoff and landing to the TALS System which will lead to one common ground control system next year." The capability will also improve touchdown characteristics and potentially add a capability that could recover the UAV with only one engine operating.