LONDON — Autonomous control systems developed for the Pentagon’s Sea Hunter unmanned ship could also help keep Marine Corps logisticians out of harm’s way during future amphibious landings, according to the company behind the technology. Defense IT specialist Leidos is taking the kit it developed for the Sea Hunter medium unmanned surface vehicle, a 132-foot experimental wave-piercing trimaran, and applying it to the Marines’ Autonomous Littoral Connector program. Leidos has already demonstrated the ability of a modified LCM-8 landing craft to run up a beach, stop for unloading/loading and return to sea without human intervention. Now, with the elderly LCM-8s … Continue reading DSEI: Sea Hunter’s Autonomous Controls Could Support Unmanned Beach Landings