Machinbird
'Fraid it is getting harder to keep up these days. Perhaps no autoland on your unit but USN Pax trials go way back. Try this for open source reading.
Test results of F/A-18 autoland trials for aircraft carrier ...
by G Johnson - 2001 - Cited by 2 - Related articles
Test Results of F/A-lS Autoland Trials for Aircraft. Carrier Operations. Greg Johnson ... Abstract-Raytheon and the US. Navy conducted Aircraft ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7416/20152/00931358.pdf?arnumber... - Similar
Like I said everybody who has programmed an autopilot to do coupled approaches (from the early BLEU work in the late 50s) to today gets better results using power to control speed. Ship borne aircraft are actually easier when it comes to autolands because (as you point out) they do not need to flare which really simplifies things compared with the control laws for an aircraft that MUST flare.
JF
But please don't take my word for it just read what is out there or talk to Pax boffins.