ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corps plans to lease two commercial ships over the next two years to experiment with the light amphibious warfare ship concept, also now being classed as the landing ship-medium. Brig. Gen. Mark Clingan, assistant deputy…
Marine Corps May Keep More Tube Artillery, Osprey Squadrons in Force Design 2030
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corps continues to tweak its Force Design 2030, adjusting the number of tube artillery batteries, the number of MV-22B squadrons, the operation of a Marine Littoral Regiment and the size of an infantry battalion. Under…
BAE Systems to Study New Amphibious Combat Vehicle Variant
STAFFORD, Va. — BAE Systems has received task instructions from the U.S. Marine Corps to complete a study of incorporating Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle-Command, Control, Communication and Computers/Unmanned Aerial Systems mission payload on an Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) variant, the company…
Corporate Cybersecurity Expert Says Think Like an Attacker to Improve Information Security
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. government, military and private sector need to change the way they perceive cybersecurity and look at it from the attacker’s point of view, the global head of IBM’s X-Force said. “I think that we will…
Assistant Commandant: Marines Must Be Ready to Fight China, Other Adversaries Directly
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps said the service must always be prepared for a direct war with China or any other adversaries during a panel discussion at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space symposium here on…
Controversial EABO Concept Has Potential but Will Be Vetted, Speakers Say
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Marine Corps’ concept of deploying small, lightly armed but highly mobile units into isolated locations within an adversary’s weapons engagement zone — called Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations — has the potential of quickly getting forces…
Russia is Acute Threat, China is Priority Threat, Speakers Say
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Defense Department will continue to have a priority focus on China despite the global military community’s recent attention to the war in Ukraine, said Elbridge “Bridge” Colby, a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of…
Marine Corps’ Black Sheep to Ride the Lightning
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corps’ famous Black Sheep squadron has a new designation as it upgrades to from its AV-8B Harrier II attack jet to its new aircraft, the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II strike fighter. Marine Attack Squadron…
Marine Corps Orders 36 More Amphibious Combat Vehicles
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corps has ordered 36 more Amphibious Combat Vehicles, the Defense Department announced March 25. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, awarded BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Sterling Heights, Michigan, a $173.6 million contract modification…
Marine Corps Orders Development of Recovery Variant of ACV
QUANTICO, Va. — The Marine Corps has taken the next step in developing its family of Amphibious Combat Vehicles by beginning development of a maintenance/recovery variant of the ACV. The Marine Corps Systems Command awarded BAE Systems Land & Armaments…
