
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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]