rec over ed ▁in ▁the ▁mountains ▁north ▁of ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁with ▁minor ▁damage . ▁ ▁The ▁Program ▁was ▁completed ▁successfully , ▁and ▁met ▁all ▁of ▁its ▁development ▁object ives . ▁ ▁Several ▁major ▁new ▁systems ▁including ▁the ▁digital ▁aut op il ot ▁and ▁the ▁command / control ▁system ▁were ▁adopted ▁by ▁production ▁dr one ▁programs . ▁ ▁The ▁major ▁limitation ▁to ▁using ▁the ▁R PA ▁for ▁f ighter ▁miss ions ▁was ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁a ▁video ▁tracking ▁system , ▁which ▁made ▁tracking ▁man eu ver ing ▁targets ▁extremely ▁difficult . ▁ ▁Future ▁plans ▁for ▁the ▁aircraft ▁included ▁a ▁combination ▁video ▁and ▁inf ra red ▁tra cker ▁for ▁target ▁ac quisition . ▁The ▁design ▁of ▁the ▁remote ▁pilot ▁station ▁( R PS ) ▁was ▁also ▁revolution ary , ▁featuring ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁F - 1 0 6 ▁f ighter , ▁industrial ▁controls , ▁and ▁NASA ▁satellite ▁control ▁station ▁designs . ▁ ▁The ▁overall ▁system ▁design ▁concept ▁required ▁a ▁two ▁person ▁crew ▁with ▁a ▁Rem ote ▁Pil ot ▁and ▁Rem ote ▁Fl ight ▁Engine er , ▁similar ▁to ▁crew ▁assign ments ▁for ▁two ▁man ▁f igh ters ▁like ▁the ▁F - 4 ▁and ▁F - 1 4 . ▁The ▁R PS ▁Pil ot ▁station ▁had ▁two ▁mon itors ▁with ▁a ▁nose ▁camera ▁view ▁and ▁a ▁moving ▁map ▁display . ▁ ▁The ▁pilot ▁controlled ▁the ▁aircraft ▁with ▁a ▁ 3 - axis ▁control ▁stick , ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Apol lo ▁space craft . ▁The ▁flight ▁engineer ▁controlled ▁video ▁display , ▁on - board ▁system ▁operation ,