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No.  It was daytime VFR.  LSO’s we’re making normal radio calls.

Good question.  In times of EMCON...i.e. no electronic emissions from the ship, you wouldn't want that.  So I don't know if its broadcast by the LSO's, or if you take a quick radar lock yourself, or how its input.  But the briefings I've seen on it very specifically call out ships speed as an...

It’s important to understand the difference between JPALS -Joint Precision Approach Landing System - which IS a precision landing system that enables “hands off” landings in poor weather/visibility and PLM- Precision Landing Mode - which is a digital flight control mode designed to maintain a...

Me too CL, me too…

In the video, there is a major application of power seconds before the plane goes out of sight and you hear the boom.  So, based on both the condition of the plane in the water, and that major power application, I'd speculate that the pilot had a ramp strike, but really only sheared the landing...