Special Ops Drone Techniques Shared With Marine Corps
5/5/2023
By Jan Tegler
U.S. Special Operations Command’s tactics, techniques and procedures for using small drones are spreading to at least one other service.
The Marine Corps is replacing its long-serving Light Armored Vehicle with BAE Systems’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle Command, Control, Communication and Computers/Uncrewed Aerial Systems, known as the ACV C4 UAS, according to Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works’ UAS and attritable systems director Jacob Johnson.
From that vehicle, Marines want to dispatch Stalker and Indago intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance drones that Lockheed Martin has refined continually since their introduction in 2006 and 2012, he said.
“Collaboration with our SOCOM and Marine Corps customers and industry partners has enabled the rapid development of needed capabilities for the warfighter,” Johnson said.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/5/5/special-ops-drone-techniques-shared-with-marine-corps
