A Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company launches a miniature aerial missile system during an exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 2 (Cpl. Jennessa Davey/U.S. Marine Corps)
USNI News: The Marine Corps is on the hunt for a kamikaze drone swarm to back up grunts on the battlefield
The Marine Corps is looking for industry sources to produce a man-portable system capable of launching swarms of kamikaze drones...
The Marine Corps is looking for industry sources to produce a man-portable system capable of launching swarms of kamikaze drones over contested battlefields, according to a new notice.
In a request for information published earlier this month, Marine Corps System Command detailed a fresh need for an “individually operated, man-portable, anti-materiel, anti-personnel ground-launched loitering munition system” for fielding to grunts in the coming years.
The so-called Organic Precision Fire-Infantry (OPF-I) capability will consist of a fresh infantry-operated system capable of launching drones that can conduct explosive strikes and are “capable of swarming” over a 20-kilometer range for up to an hour and a half, according to the notice.
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WNU Editor: The US Marines are not the only ones looking to arm their soldiers with "kamikaze drones" .... Watch Out: Russia's "Kamikaze" Drones Are Cheap and Deadly (National Interest).
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