Unmanned Vehicles Set to Disruptive US Advantages in the Littoral

Expeditionary Warfare in the Littorals Expeditionary marine warfare involves fighting away from an established land base. It requires larger naval vessels to navigate the littorals and launch and support a landing force. In many ways, it is the maritime equivalent of urban combat, requiring operations in a noisy, cluttered environment filled with a mixture of commercial, recreational, and combat crafts. At present the United States possesses some unique technological advantages that enable us to conduct such operations, but they heavily rely on unopposed access to airspace, waterways, and cyberspace.