QUANTICO, Va. — For the first time since former President Ronald Reagan’s Administration, the Marine Corps is fielding a new service-wide pistol replacement. The M18 comprises capabilities previous pistols lacked. For example, the M9 — the most widely issued pistol among…
Saab Receives Order for Radar System Components for the U.S. Marine Corps
STOCKHOLM — Saab has received a $36.7 million USD order for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), the company said in a Sept. 23 release. Saab received the order from Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., the prime…
Coast Guard, OPBAT Halt Drug Smuggling Operation Near Bahamas
MIAMI — The Coast Guard, along with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air Marine Operation (CBP-AMO), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) interdicted four Bahamian suspected drug smugglers, Sept. 21, approximately 10 miles south…
Coast Guard, RBDF Seize 12,000+ Pounds of Illegal Catch off Bahamas
MIAMI — Coast Guard watchstanders and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) crew interdicted two Dominican Republic-flagged ships Sept. 24 illegally fishing off Diamond Point, Great Bahama Bank, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. Watchstanders from the Coast Guard’s Operation Bahamas and…
Cutter Harriet Lane Returns Home after Interdicting $72 Million in Drugs
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) returned to its homeport in Portsmouth, after a 56-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard5th District said in a Sept. 23 release. Harriet…
Coast Guard Cutter Arrives in Japan Following an Onboard Fire
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) arrived at Yokosuka, Japan today after combating a shipboard engineering fire on Sept. 20, during a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet’s area of operations, the Coast Guard…
Coast Guard Awards Four More Fast Response Cutters to Bollinger Shipyards
LOCKPORT, La. — The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Bollinger Shipyards LLC four additional Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutters (FRC), the company said in a Sept. 22 release. This announcement brings the total number of FRCs awarded to Bollinger up to…
Marine Corps Restores Priority to Ground-Based Air Defense
ARLINGTON, Va. — After two decades of land combat in wars with no air threat beyond small drones, the Marine Corps is putting a high priority to ground-based air defense (GBAD) as it redesigns its force for expeditionary advance base…
Reinventing Logistics and Mobility are Key Elements to Force Design, Generals say
ARLINGTON, Va. — To meet the pacing threat of a near peer competitor like China by 2030 will require changes in Marine Corps platforms, equipment and, above all, changes in thinking about logistics and mobility, according to a panel of three-star…
Lockheed Martin Teams with Vigor for Navy’s LUSV Study
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Lockheed Martin, tapped as one of six companies to provide a study for a proven, integrated and capable payload ship, able to patrol for extended durations, as part of the U.S. Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) competition, is partnering with Portland,…
