Marines say they’re ‘leading the way’ in battlefield autonomy

WASHINGTON—There were a lot of big vehicles—some amphibious, with fresh camo paint—on display at the Modern Day Marine conference this week. But the smaller ones with the ability to drive themselves around stole the show. “I think you're gonna see the Army and Marine Corps try to automate more. So you're going to see more remote operations, you'll see more autonomous capabilities,” Chuck Bunton, Oshkosh Defense’s associate vice president for program manag