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Abstract

A landing system of an aircraft, including: a site selector to select a candidate site using geographical reference point data for the site and current navigation data for the aircraft; a path generator to generate (a) a survey route within the vicinity of said candidate site using said geographical reference point data for the site, and (b) a route to said survey route and; a camera system to obtain images of the candidate site when said aircraft flys said survey route; a site detector controller to process the images to confirm the site by determining the images are of at least part of the candidate site; a tracker to track the site, once confirmed, relative to the aircraft based on the images to verify, and provide navigation data on, the candidate site; and a navigation and guidance system to land the aircraft on the site once the candidate site is verified using the navigation data.

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