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Boeing A160T Proves Resupply Capability for US Marines

The Boeing A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft met or exceeded all requirements during a sling-load cargo demonstration for the U.S. Marines held March 9 – March 11 at the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. An A160T is shown here during a  previous sling-load test flight in Victorville, Calif., in January

ST. LOUIS, March 15, 2010 — The Boeing [NYSE: BA] A160T Hummingbird has successfully completed a cargo delivery demonstration under a U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory contract, proving the unmanned rotorcraft’s ability to resupply frontline troops in rough terrain. The [...]

BAE Systems to Provide Onboard Vehicle Power System for Evaluation by U.S. Marine Corps

08 Mar 2010 | Ref. 053/2010

JOHNSON CITY, New York – BAE Systems has received a contract to develop an onboard vehicle power management system designed to improve U.S. Marine Corps mission effectiveness by significantly increasing electric power available to ground [...]

BAE Systems Secures US$140 Million+ Contract for 250 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles

RG-31 MK5E

24 Feb 2010 | Ref. 037/2010

BENONI, South Africa. — BAE Systems Land Systems OMC, through its partnership with General Dynamics Land Systems Canada (GDLS-C), was awarded a follow-on order for the supply of 250 RG31 Mk5E vehicles in support of [...]

2 Marine battalions staying in Marjah

U.S. Marines 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment look out at at a rain storm from a room in an Afghan compound where they stayed for the night in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

By Alfred de Montesquiou – The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Feb 28, 2010 12:46:10 EST

MARJAH, Afghanistan — More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and about 1,000 Afghan troops who stormed the Taliban town of Marjah as part of a major NATO [...]

Team K-MAX Demonstrates Successful Unmanned Helicopter Cargo Resupply to U.S. Marine Corps

DUGWAY, UT, February 8, 2010 – Lockheed Martin Corporation [NYSE: LMT] and Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation [NASDAQ GS: KAMN] have successfully demonstrated to the U.S. Marine Corps the capability of the Unmanned K-MAX® helicopter to resupply [...]

U.S. Marines Launch First Major Afghan Operation Since Surge Announced

Friday, December 04, 2009
Associated Press
Source: FOX News

KABUL — U.S. Marines and Afghan troops on Friday launched the first offensive since President Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines in a southern insurgent [...]

Afghanistan – the way ahead: McChrystal sends message to troops

Posted 12/2/2009
Source: USAF

12/2/2009 – WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has posted a message to the troops on the way ahead.

The full text follows:

We have been presented a [...]

ThalesRaytheonSystems Delivers First New AN/TPQ-46B Radar to U.S. Marines

News Release

FULLERTON, Calif., Nov. 20, 2009 /PRNewswire/ — ThalesRaytheonSystems has delivered the first of 21 weapon locating radars to the U.S. Marine Corps to improve enemy fire detection and location.

The lightweight, highly mobile and affordable AN/TPQ-46B radar is the U.S. [...]

Japan: A new battle over Okinawa

By Kosuke Takahashi
Source: Asia Times

TOKYO – United States President Barack Obama lands in Tokyo on Friday on the first stop of his maiden trip to Asia, but a less than 24 hours visit may not be enough to change public [...]

Bold Quest 2009: Cherry Point Serves as Nerve Center for International Exercise

In combat, knowing the difference between friend and foe can mean life or death.

11/9/2009 By Cpl. Jennifer Poole, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Source: US Marines

The ability to accurately identify coalition forces from enemy combatants is crucial in combat effectiveness. [...]

Breaking and entering Marine Corps-style

Story Submitted: Nov 05, 2009

By: Lance Cpl. Lucas G. Lowe
Source: Marine Corps Base Quantico

MCB QUANTICO, Va. (Nov. 3) — Goettge Demo Range lies in the extreme western part of the base west of Interstate 95. This remotelocation is the [...]

Marines Satisfied With MV-22

Aviation Week’s DTI | Bettina H. Chavanne | September 08, 2009

This article first appeared in Defense Technology International.
Source: Military.com

The U.S. Marine Corps is acting as the lead service on the Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor, with three deployments to Iraq under [...]

U.S. Marine, Coast Guard aircraft collide, 9 missing

Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:07pm EDT

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Rescue teams searched the waters off the coast of Southern California on Friday for nine people missing after a mid-air crash of a U.S. Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps [...]

U.S. terror suspects accused of targeting Marine base

Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:48pm EDT

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – Two men charged in North Carolina last month with plotting terrorist attacks overseas also planned to attack the U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, authorities said on Thursday.

The two [...]