Marines Upgrading Today’s Aircraft To Prepare For Tomorrow’s Distributed, High-End Fight
By: Megan Eckstein
March 28, 2017 4:29 PM
The Marine Corps released its 2017 Marine Aviation Plan today, outlining its upcoming aircraft acquisition and upgrade plans and providing a glimpse of how those new capabilities will come together in various operational scenarios.
A combination of command and control upgrades to better tie the different types of aircraft together, new weapons and improved logistics will help Marine aviation meet increasing challenges around the world, according to the plan. The service is beginning to develop new operational concepts that leverage these capabilities while acknowledging that Marine aviators may not always be able to operate from established land bases or return back to their ships every day.
https://news.usni.org/2017/03/28/marines-upgrading-todays-planes-to-prepare-for-tomorrows-distributed-high-end-fight
