Marine Corps Revamps Drone & Air Defense With Vehicle-Mounted Stinger, Radar
US Marine Air Defense Integrated System Uses Vehicle-Mounted EW, Stingers To Kill Drones
KRIS OSBORN, WARRIOR MAVEN - CENTER FOR MILITARY MODERNIZATIONSEP 8, 2023
By Kris Osborn, President, Center for Military Modernization
High-speed mobile drone destruction, targeting enemy helicopters and even using EW to "jam" attacking drone swarms are a few of the operational advantages woven into the Marine Corps emerging air-defense, counter=drone weapons systems.
The Corps continues to accelerate and produce its breakthrough Marine Air Defense Integrated System, a vehicle-mounted radar, EW and interceptor weapons system built to track and destroy enemy drones, helicopters and low-flying fixed wing targets while on the move in combat. The integrated system, which combines an Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicle with sensors, EW, radar, turret-launched Stinger missiles and a direct=fire weapon operated with a remote weapons station.
The Marine Air Defense Integrated System technology was cited in a critical, recently published Marine Corps text called “Force Design 2030: Acquisition for the Future Battlefield.” The essay is a companion text or extension upon the Corps' Marine Corps Force Design 2030 main document released last year, a strategy paper explaining the need for the Corps to further accelerate its transition back to its maritime roots and transform the Corps into a lighter, faster, easier-to-deploy, yet highly lethal expeditionary, multi-domain force.
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