The Marine Corps is on the hunt for a kamikaze drone swarm to back up grunts on the battlefield
The Marine Corps is looking for industry sources to produce a man-portable system capable of launching swarms of kamikaze drones...
By Jared Keller November 29, 2020
Military Tech
Jared Keller
The Marine Corps is looking for industry sources to produce a man-portable system capable of launching swarms of kamikaze drones over contested battlefields, according to a new notice.
In a request for information published earlier this month, Marine Corps System Command detailed a fresh need for an “individually operated, man-portable, anti-materiel, anti-personnel ground-launched loitering munition system†for fielding to grunts in the coming years.
The so-called Organic Precision Fire-Infantry (OPF-I) capability will consist of a fresh infantry-operated system capable of launching drones that can conduct explosive strikes and are “capable of swarming†over a 20-kilometer range for up to an hour and a half, according to the notice.
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