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The US military needs to get out of its own way on drones, Marine Corps leaders say
Drones are critical warfighting tools, from the big ones down to the quadcopters, but the Marine Corps isn't fielding them ...
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Marine Corps Drone Team Competitions Are Coming to a Unit Near You Soon
The Marine Corps is expanding its unmanned aerial vehicle portfolio by fielding competitive drone teams across the fleet over ...
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Marines have air defense, but need a way to defeat drone swarms
The big thing that really keeps me up at night is swarms,” Col. Andrew Konicki, head of ground-based air defense for Marine ...
Marines can't replicate Ukraine's drone war, but leaders have another idea for figuring out attack drones
Starting next year, the service wants to see each Marine base building its own competitive drone teams to compete against ...
At Least 10 Dead and 70 Hospitalized After 4 Tourist Boats Capsize Due to Strong Winds: Reports
At least 10 people have died and 70 others have been hospitalized after tourist boats turned upside down in southwestern ...
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Marines want to add counter-drone weapon to amphibious vehicle
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has propelled counter-UAS weaponry onto a priority list of add-ons for the vehicle, officials ...
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US Marines deploy cutting-edge microwave tech against drones
The United States Marine Corps has received a new weapon to combat drones: the ExDECS microwave system from Epirus. Here, we ...