From BAE Systems May 1, 2025 – BAE Systems received a $172 million full-rate production (FRP) contract to produce 30 additional Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) as part of the recently awarded FRP 5/6 contract. The FRP 5/6 contract includes…
Airbus, Shield AI Partner to Integrate Autonomy on Unmanned Aerial Logistics Connector
From Airbus U.S. Space & Defense and Shield AI WASHINGTON (April 30, 2025) — Airbus U.S. Space & Defense and Shield AI announced a teaming agreement to integrate Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software on the Airbus MQ-72C Logistics Connector, an…
BAE Systems Receives $188M USMC Contract for Amphibious Combat Vehicle 30mm
YORK, Penn. — April 29, 2025 — BAE Systems has been awarded a $188 million full-rate production contract from the U.S. Marine Corps for 30 ACV-30mm vehicles, which includes fielding support, spares and test equipment. This is the first award…
Robotic Blasting Facility to Be Upgraded for Amphibious Assault Vehicles
From BlastOne International BlastOne International and US Marines Base Partner to upgrade Surface Preparation Facility with Robotic Blasting to Skyrocket Efficiency, Safety, and Performance for Amphibious Assault Vehicle Repair COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 29, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — BlastOne International is proud…
We Fight Tonight: Corps Capabilities for a Contested Indo-Pacific
Since the 2018 National Defense Strategy reoriented the Joint Force toward great power competition, China — our primary pacing threat — has accelerated its military modernization and ramped up coercive behavior across every domain. Nowhere is this more evident than…
Marines Surpass 1,000 MQ-9A Flight Hours as Capabilities Expand
From General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. SAN DIEGO – 23 April 2025 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is proud to announce that the U.S. Marine Corps has passed more than 1,000 flight hours with MQ-9A unmanned aircraft in support of…
How Marines are 3D Printing Lethality Behind Enemy Lines
Logistics in a Contested Environment: A New Operational Reality Although Washington’s military focus over the past three decades has centered on counterinsurgency operations in the Middle East, the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) marked a critical shift, as revisionist powers…
Sea-Air-Space: Looking Ahead to a Modern Marine Corps
Six years into its modernization initiative, the Marine Corps has a head start on some of its sister services. But there’s still more to be done, said panelists during the April 8 session “Modernizing the Marine Corps: Building an Agile,…
Sea-Air-Space: USMC is Ready to be Tip of the Spear, but Needs Steady Funding, Smith Says
The U.S. Marine Corps is expanding its expeditionary capability and investing heavily in neglected resources to improve its warfighting prowess and the lives and effectiveness of Marines, but unpredictable funding from Congress is making that difficult, the service’s leader said…
Marines, Air Force Fight as Joint Force for First Time in Navy’s Joint Simulation Environment
From Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Apr. 1, 2025 NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — For the first time, U.S. Marine Corps F-35 and Air Force F-22 pilots trained as a joint fighting force in the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft…
