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Navy/USMC

Marine Corps Readying Capability Recommendations From Experimental Force Development Program

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, November 27th, 2018

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Marine Corps Readying Capability Recommendations From Experimental Force Development Program

Brig. Gen. Christian Wortman, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory commanding general

The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s (MCWL) Sea Dragon force development has resulted in new recommendations for unmanned tools needed to improve logistics capabilities, and officials are readying to shift focus and test information environment operations in next year’s third and final phase of the program.Brig. Gen. Christian Wortman, commanding general of MCWL, told reporters a report to senior leadership on recommended logistics capabilities is due in early 2019, and the service will look to continue testing autonomous and multi-payload gear…

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