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Marines to Field Small UAS, EW Tools, Upgraded Weapons After Sea Dragon 2025 Experimentation
By: Megan Eckstein
February 13, 2018 9:15 PM



THE PENTAGON – The Marine Corps is beginning to implement changes to the infantry battalion a year into the service’s Sea Dragon 2025 experimentation effort, with recommendations that include fielding small unmanned aerial systems (UAS), adding advanced training opportunities, restructuring the rifle squad and drawing up new tactics and procedures for a high-end battlefield.

Brig. Gen. Christian Wortman, commander of the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, told reporters today that senior Marine Corps leadership had been briefed on the results of the first year of the Sea Dragon experimentation effort and that Commandant Gen. Robert Neller had already signed off on some changes. Others, including the key question of how many Marines will make up a rifle squad going forward, are still being debated and should be decided on soon.

https://news.usni.org/2018/02/13/marines-field-small-uas-ew-tools-upgraded-weapons-sea-dragon-2025-experimentation