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New in 2021: Marines and loitering munitions ― from LAVs to infantry squads, the Corps wants more in the new year
Todd South
 

As the Corps looks to protect its small units in far-flung places, it has had to ditch light artillery and is instead looking for “loitering munitions” both large and small.

A notice posted on a federal government contracting website in mid-November has a deadline of January. That potential project is a man-portable system that can launch a swarm of suicide drones.

They’re calling it the Organic Prevision Fire-Infantry, or OPF-I. If successful, planners expect it to be able to launch swarming drones capable of a 20 km range for 90 minutes or more.

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2021/01/08/new-in-2021-marines-and-loitering-munitions-from-lavs-to-infantry-squads-the-corps-wants-more/