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Navy/USMC

Marine Corps Plans RFP For Capability To Protect Installations From Small Drone Threats

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, January 22nd, 2024

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Marine Corps Plans RFP For Capability To Protect Installations From Small Drone Threats

Installation-Counter small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (I-CsUAS) concept. (U.S. Marine Corps graphic by Andrew Reynolds)

The Marine Corps is seeking to upgrade its capability for protecting installations from small drone threats, with plans to release a Request for Proposals to industry in the coming months. A pre-solicitation notice posted on Jan. 19 details the Marine Corps’ interest in addressing a capability gap related to the “detection, tracking, identification, and defeat” of small UAS (sUAS). “To mitigate this gap, a compelling need exists for the development and employment of a counter sUAS capability for installations. The…

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