The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory is preparing to lease a new stern landing vessel that will be "purpose-built from the ground up" by Australian shipbuilder Sea Transport Solutions (STS), a service spokesperson told Inside Defense . The new vessel’s design will draw on lessons gleaned from ongoing experimentation with the civilian offshore supply vessel Resolution, leased from Hornbeck Offshore Services. The Marine Corps began testing Resolution -- its first stern landing vessel -- during the spring of 2023 to develop...
