ARLINGTON, Va. — A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft crashed in Norway on March 18, killing all four Marine crewmen on board. The Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261), based at Marine Corps Air Station…
Elements of Kearsarge ARG and 22nd MEU Deploy
NORFOLK, Va. — Elements of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group with embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit departed Naval Station Norfolk and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for a regularly scheduled deployment on March 16, U.S. 2nd Fleet Public Affairs said in…
Berger: Ukraine War Demonstrates Vulnerability of Tanks to Missile-Armed Infantry
WASHINGTON — The success of Ukrainian forces in countering Russian armored vehicle columns with missiles and rockets in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine shows the vulnerability of tanks to missile-armed infantry, the Marine Corps commandant said, and seemed to…
Marine Corps and Navy Aviation Fly Together for Manned-Unmanned Teaming
Washington, D.C. — Marines from Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) and Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC-23) teamed to conduct tactics development in integrating manned and unmanned rotary-wing aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro,…
NGC Begins Full-Rate Production of Link-16 for the Marine Corps H-1 Fleet
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. — Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $65 million contract by the U.S. Navy to execute the full-rate production of Link-16 for the U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z and UH-1Y aircraft, which will involve the integration of data link…
Marine Corps Joint Air-to-Ground Missile achieves Initial Operational Capability
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Marine Corps declared initial operating capability for the AGM-179A Joint Air-to-Ground Missile on the AH-1Z Viper effective 1 March 2022, the Naval Air Systems Command said March 4. JAGM, a joint…
Marine Crew Ejects from F/A-18D Before Crash on Plantation
ARLINGTON, Va. — A Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet strike fighter crashed shortly near Beaufort, South Carolina on March 3, according to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. The two Marines in the crew ejected safely and incurred no injuries, the Wing…
The 3rd Marines Come in First, As the First Marine Littoral Regiment
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Marine Corps has taken another step in its ambitious force redesign to contend with near-peer militaries like China and Russia in the 21st century: Creating the first Marine Littoral Regiment. After more than a year of…
University of Maine Manufactures World’s Largest 3D-Printed Boat for Military
ORONO, Maine — The world’s largest polymer additive manufacturing machine printed the world’s largest 3D printed vessel at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center in Orono, Maine. In fact, it printed two of them. The prototype vessels…
NGC to Equip USMC with Next Generation Handheld Targeting Device
APOPKA, Fla. — Northrop Grumman Corp. has been selected to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with the Next Generation Handheld Targeting System (NGHTS). This compact targeting device provides unparalleled precision targeting and is capable of operation in GPS-denied environments, the…
