The brainchild of the Marines' advanced tech lab, the Autonomous Littoral Connector system successfully beached in recent exercises. But the deep water of military acquisition looms ahead.
The Marine Corps says the new missile is a top modernization priority. Analysts say China is a big reason why.
The Sixth Domain is not defined by geography. It’s a new kind of conflict in which autonomy and networked systems allow thousand-dollar consumer electronics to destroy multi-million-dollar conventional weapons systems.
The Marine Corps' new anti-ship missile capability has been developed rapidly thanks to its use of proven subsystems from other programs of record.