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USMC completes successful live-fire training with Iron Dome air defence system

The United States Marine Corps has successfully completed its first live-fire training with a prototype air defence system that integrates the Iron Dome interceptor.

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense recently completed its first program demonstration for the U.S. Marine Corps Aerial Logistics Connector contract at Marine Corps Air Station New River and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

Airbus demonstrates UH-72B Lakota helicopter for USMC Aerial Logistics Connector Program

Air / By Defence Industry Europe

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense recently completed its first program demonstration for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has recently completed a successful flight of its production XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft for the Block 2 Valkyrie Maturation Program. The program team includes the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Yuma Proving Ground, and Kratos.

Marine Corps cuccessfully tests Link-16 system on XQ-58A Valkyrie

Air / By Defence Industry Europe

The U.S. Marine Corps successfully tested the Link-16 communication system on the XQ-58A Valkyrie during its third test flight on 20 September 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

On May 9, servicemembers of the U.S. Marine Corps and Brigadier General Motiejus Pečiulionis Artillery Battalion of the Lithuanian Armed Forces were conducting the first live fire training with the HIMARS High Mobility Artillery Rocket System at targets positioned in the Baltic Sea from the Brigadier General Povilas Plechavičius Training Area in Kairiai (Klaipėda region).

U.S. Marine Corps trains HIMARS live fire in Lithuania

Land / By Defence Industry Europe

The HIMARS live fire training is part of Exercise Immediate Response 2024 which involves deployment of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System to Lithuania.

The US Marine Corps has taken a step forward in countering unmanned aircraft system (UAS) threats with the successful testing of the Marine Air Defence Integrated System (MADIS). In December, the Program Executive Officer Land Systems conducted a live-fire test at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, during which the MADIS low-rate initial production model successfully engaged and destroyed several drones.

US Marine Corps advances in C-UAS capabilities with successful MADIS test

Air, Top / By Defence Industry Europe

The US Marine Corps has taken a step forward in countering unmanned aircraft system (UAS) threats with the successful testing of the Marine Air Defence Integrated System (MADIS).

BAE Systems delivered the first Amphibious Combat Vehicle Command and Control (ACV-C) variant under the full-rate production contract to the U.S. Marine Corps. The ACV-C will provide Marines with a mobile command center which enables situational awareness and operations planning in the battlespace.

BAE Systems delivers first production-ready ACV Command variant to US Marine Corps

Sea / By Defence Industry Europe

BAE Systems delivered the first Amphibious Combat Vehicle Command and Control (ACV-C) variant under the full-rate production contract to the U.S. Marine Corps.

BAE Systems has been awarded a USD 211 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract by the U.S. Marine Corps for more Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) under the Marine Corps’ fourth order for full-rate production (FRP). In addition to vehicle production, the award covers procurement of 40 FRP ACV Personnel (ACV-P) variants, fielding and support costs, and support and test equipment.

U.S. Marine Corps orders more Amphibious Combat Vehicles from BAE Systems

Land / By Defence Industry Europe

BAE Systems has been awarded a USD 211 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract by the U.S. Marine Corps for more Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs).

Lockheed Martin delivered the final Phase 1 Initial Prototype 5G testbed variant for the Open Systems Interoperable and Reconfigurable Infrastructure Solution (OSIRIS) to the Marine Corps program management team aboard Marine Corps (USMC) Base Camp Pendleton, California, and will begin mobile network experimentation. OSIRIS is a 5G communications network infrastructure testbed for expeditionary operations experimentation for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s (OUSD R&E) FutureG & 5G Office and the USMC that was awarded to Lockheed Martin in 2021.

Lockheed Martin delivers initial 5G testbed to U.S. Marine Corps

Space/C4ISR / By Defence Industry Europe

Lockheed Martin delivered the final Phase 1 Initial Prototype 5G testbed variant for the Open Systems Interoperable and Reconfigurable Infrastructure Solution (OSIRIS).