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Marine Corps Seeking Industry Input On Mobile Air Defense Systems For JLTVs

Marine Corps Seeking Industry Input On Mobile Air Defense Systems For JLTVs
Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Twentynine Palms, Calif., perform Amphibious Landing missions at Camp Pendleton, Calif., during Joint Light Tactical Vehicle operational testing. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by William C. Beach, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Test and Documentation Team)

The Marine Corps is soliciting industry input on new ground based air defense systems to be integrated on its Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) and capable of taking down drones, fixed and rotary-wing threats.  Request for Information notices released in late March detailed plans to find counter-UAS and direct fire defeat systems for JLTVs under the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS), with a goal to begin low-rate initial production by FY ‘22. “This system will provide new and improved…

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