WASHINGTON – The Marine Corps and the amphibious fleet will be critical to prevailing in the emerging great power competition in which U.S. forces will have to “fight to get to the fight” against China’s growing military capabilities, the Marine’s…
Marines 3D Print First Reinforced Concrete Bridge in Western Hemisphere
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Marines from the 1st Marine Logistics Group (MLG) at Camp Pendleton, California, transformed their motto — “Victory through Logistics” — to action when they successfully 3D printed a concrete bridge in December, with the…
Marine Rifle Squads Get Upgraded Night Vision Devices
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — An updated helmet-mounted night vision system is beginning to make its way to infantry units. Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) accelerated the acquisition of about 1,300 Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggles (SNBVG) using existing…
Raytheon Selected for Marine Corps Hornet AESA Radar Upgrade
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The U.S. Marine Corps has selected Raytheon’s APG-79(v)4 AESA [active electronically scanned array] radar to equip its F/A-18C/D Hornet fleet, the company said in a Jan. 15 release. Raytheon will begin delivering radars in 2020 and…
SPAWAR Awards First IWRP Contract
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic awarded the first prototype project agreement (PPA) under the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) on Jan. 8 for $1.3 million….
Effort Underway to Extend Service Life of Light Armored Vehicles
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — The fleet of Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs) will begin receiving a number of necessary upgrades under the terms of a $37.2 million contract awarded Jan. 4. General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada will perform…
Effort Underway to Extend Service Life of Light Armored Vehicles
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — The fleet of Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs) will begin receiving a number of necessary upgrades under the terms of a $37.2 million contract awarded Jan. 4. General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada will perform…
Heavy Deployment Schedule Limiting Marine Corps Training Time
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corps is meeting its global commitments and national mission to be the ready expeditionary force but needs a reduction in its current high deployment rate to allow it to train the force for a possible…
LAV Anti-Tank Weapon System to Reach FOC By End of 2019
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — The Marine Corps continues to upgrade the turret system for one of its longest-serving fighting vehicles — the Light Armored Vehicle-Anti-Tank (LAV-AT). In September 2017, Marine Corps Systems Command’s (MCSC’s) LAV-AT Modernization Program Team…
Marine Special Task Force Deployed with Colombian Deputy Commander
ARLINGTON, Va. — A Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SP-MAGTF) returned from a five-month deployment to Latin America last month as the first to deploy with a deputy commander from a partner nation. “We were the first SP-MAGTF to…
