With the three-dimensional and multi-level development of modern naval warfare, ship/shipborne Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) landing technology has been widely studied and applied. In order to study the development status of ship/shipborne UAV landing technology and solve the key technical problems, the current literature in this field is analyzed and summarized. UAV landing technology refers to the landing technology that meets the precision requirements through ship/shipborne and UAV arresting equipment according to the process of ship/shipborne landing and the flight control system relying on the ship/shipborne and airborne guidance system. First, the development history of fixed-wing UAV recovery technology in small ships/shipborne is summarized, and the advantages and disadvantages of various recovery technologies are compared and analyzed. Second, the key technologies are expounded with emphasis on“in-flight braking recovery”and “fixed-point high-precision recovery”. Finally, the key technical problems that need to be solved in the development of fixed-wing UAV small ship landing technology are summarized, including UAV navigation system design, control system design, and other technologies. The research shows that the ship/shipborne UAV landing technology research has not formed a mature solution. There are still many technical problems to be solved. This paper provides a reference for the design of Chinas fixed wing UAV maritime recovery system.