In 1972 they were working on automated carrier landings.
What is current status?

"August 1972
5--A Naval Air Test Center pilot made the first fully automated landing
aboard the carrier Ranger in an F-4J Phantom II. The test landing device
links the plane's controls with a computer aboard ship and enables the
aircraft to land with the pilot's hands off the controls. The system was
developed to make safer landings at night and in low visibility conditions."