The replacement program for the humble HMMWV or Humvee, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), has run into a speed bump with Congress’ Government Accountability Office (GAO). In a May… Continue reading "US Army’s Humvee Replacement Not ‘Operationally Suitable’?"
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has partnered with Lockheed Martin to develop, support, and market the SPICE, a JDAM-like bolt-on precision guidance kit. Standing for Smart, Precise Impact, Cost-Effective—a somewhat labored… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin and Rafael Partner to Further Develop SPICE Precision Munition Kits"
The USMC has gotten a lot of work out of their MV-22 Osprey fleet since its entry to service over a decade ago. A new drone, under development with the… Continue reading "Marine Corps Developing Advanced Air Launched Drone"
The Marine Corps has elected to purchase the Raytheon/Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile as an element to their future plans for island hopping in the Western Pacific. A contract, worth $47… Continue reading "USMC to Buy Naval Strike Missile in $47 million Dollar Deal"
The F-35B has recently returned from its first combat deployment on the USS Essex, LHD-2, as part of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The eight-month deployment, which departed the US… Continue reading "F-35Bs Bolster USS Essex Amphibious Ready Group Capabilities"
The Marine Corps is planning to buy more F-35Cs in order to bolster air-wings on Navy deployments. The latest USMC budget request, for FY 2020, has the service buying ten… Continue reading "USMC Increases F-35C Buy, Slows Purchases of F-35B"
As the CH-53K King Stallion sees continued delays in development, the Marine Corps’ heavy lift mainstay is seeing readiness rates at their highest in decades. The Marines’ 142 CH-53E Sea… Continue reading "USMC CH-53E Fleet Sees Readiness Rate Increase"
British OpenWorks Engineering has published a news article reporting that their SkyWall100 drone capture system has been demonstrated to the Commandant of the US Marine Corps at the Marine Corps Base… Continue reading "SkyWall100 Anti-Drone System Was Demonstrated to US Marine Corps"
The US Marine Corps has awarded a nearly $60 million contract to Rheinmetall for MK281 MOD3 40mm day/night practice ammunition for the Mk19 grenade machine gun. The German company’s US arm,… Continue reading "INCOMING: USMC Awards Rheinmetall Contract for 40mm Practice Grenades"
US Navy has published a solicitation for development of “Small Arms Long-Range Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation (HEMI) Munition”. The solicitation was published on the website of a US government program called SBIR (Small… Continue reading "USMC Wants Less-Lethal Long Range Electro-Muscular Incapacitation Munitions"