:

Navy/USMC

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

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, January 22nd, 2024

SHARE:

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…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]