F-35Bs Can Use Joint Precision Approach And Landing System For Precision Landings In Zero Visibility Conditions
Early in 2018, U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighters deployed to the Pacific aboard the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship, and used Raytheon Company's Intelligence, Information and Services business's Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) to guide them onto the ship's deck in all weather and surface conditions up to the rough waters of Sea State 5.