11 Dec 2025 | Capt. Jacob Ballard2nd Marine Aircraft Wing MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. — Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 264, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), was reactivated during a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, on Thursday. …
Northrop Grumman to Rapidly Develop Marine Corps CCA with Kratos’ Valkyrie UAS
From Northrop Grumman, Jan. 8, 2026 BALTIMORE – Jan. 8, 2026 – Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) was competitively awarded the U.S. Marine Corps’ Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). This award combines Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed…
Marine Corps Launches New Drone Training Program
By Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Claudia Nix, U.S. Marine Corps Training and Education Command, Dec. 31, 2025 | The Marine Corps has launched a training program to rapidly increase the number of small unmanned aircraft system operators for commercial off-the-shelf attack drones. The program, announced in…
Northrop Grumman Enhances USMC Amphibious Combat Vehicles with Bushmaster Chain Guns
Release from Northrop Grumman MESA, Ariz. – Dec. 16, 2025 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has entered full-rate production to deliver Mk44 Stretch Bushmaster® Chain Guns® for the U.S. Marine Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs). The Mk44S will…
Marines Unveil First Full-Rate Production of Marine Air Defense Integrated System
By Adolphina Vander Velde, Program Executive Officer Land Systems TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — In September, the Marine Corps unveiled the first full-rate production version of the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS), marking a major milestone in expeditionary air defense and rapid…
Teledyne FLIR Defense Awarded $42.5M Contract for U.S. Marine Corps Drones
Release From Teledyne FLIR Defense Will deliver more than 600 Rogue 1™ reusable loitering munition systems that enable small units to directly engage enemy targets beyond line of sight Highly accurate loitering munition features mission-specific payload options, boosting warfighter efficiency and effectiveness BOSTON…
AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR Software Upgrade Boosts Air Surveillance Range and Fire Control Precision
BALTIMORE, Md. – Dec. 9, 2025 – A software update to Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) has enabled new, extended range capabilities, allowing the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and U.S. Air Force (USAF) to detect…
Flank Speed Wireless Supports POTUS, Sailors, Sea Power Demonstration
Release From Lindsey A Phillips, PEO Digital Public Affairs Flank Speed Wireless, born as a Sailor quality-of-life upgrade, proved its strategic power when it quietly enabled secure, seamless communications for the President and First Lady during the Navy’s 250th Birthday…
CH-53K King Stallion: 10 Years since First Flight
From Naval Air Systems Command NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — October 27, 2015 –The CH-53K King Stallion took to the skies for its first flight. Today, more than 10 years later, there are 20 CH-53Ks executing missions with four different Navy and Marine Corps squadrons. The…
Military Deploys Foreign Disaster Relief Support for Philippine Response to Successive Storms
From 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Nov. 13, 2025 CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines — At the request of the government of the Philippines, the U.S. military is working shoulder to shoulder with the Armed Forces of the Philippines to provide foreign disaster…
