Tag Archives: US Marine Corps

The U.S. Marine Corps looks to issue a contract in March or April next year to equip rifle squads with 84mm shoulder-fired rocket launchers, Marine Corps Times reported Thursday. The report said Marines seek to acquire more than 1K Carl Gustaf recoilless rifles. Barbara Hamby, a Marine Corps Systems Command spokeswoman, said …

An L3 Technologies subsidiary has received a contract to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with an unmanned underwater vehicle. L3 OceanServer said Thursday it will supply its Iver3 UUV to help Marine Corps Systems Command carry out evaluation and testing operations. Iver3 is a commercial-off-the-shelf autonomous underwater system that has a package …

SRC will sustain and upgrade AN/TPQ-49 radar systems under a potential five-year, $93M contract with U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Wednesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers production of new AN/TPQ-49A radar systems, program management, live-fire testing, technical manual production, sustainment spares, field service representative support, equipment training and kit installation. AN/TPQ-49 is a counterfire radar platform …

IBM has developed an artificial intelligence-powered technology to help the U.S. Marine Corps manage data on personnel and equipment as part of combat preparedness efforts, Nextgov reported Thursday. Matthew Dalkiewicz, manager of the Navy and Marine Corps account at IBM, said he expects the data management tool to aid the latter service branch …

ManTech will provide technology research and development services to the U.S. Marine Corps under a potential 44-month, $35M task order. The company said Wednesday it plans to explore emerging technologies that have potential interoperability, reusability, mapping and scalability applications to the military service’s priority operational requirements. Focus areas of the R&D project include aviation, electronic …

Lockheed Martin has installed a company-built vehicle optical sensor system on the U.S. Navy‘s USNS Grapple rescue and salvage ship to support NATO‘s patrol operations in the Aegean Sea. The company and the military branch chose a first-generation Gyrocam VOSS from the U.S. government’s inventory and completed system installation over a two-week period, Lockheed said Wednesday. “To support NATO’s security mission …

Engility Corp. has been selected as a prime contractor for a U.S. Marine Corps global supply chain and logistics management support program worth up to $854 million over five years. The company will provide logisticians, information technology specialists and trainers to the Marine Corps Logistics Command in Albany, Ga., Engility …

For the fall issue of GovCon Exec Magazine, Mark Gerencser, managing partner for Booz Allen Hamilton’s global commercial business, spoke at length with editor Gerry Simone about the potential for government, industry and civil partnership to help address the U.S.’ most pressing infrastructure needs. The piece was a forward-looking breakout …

Boeing and Textron’s Bell Helicopter‘s V-22 joint venture has delivered upgraded aircraft to the Marine Corps, Boeing announced Tuesday. The new Osprey aircraft have a new weather radar system and a new environmental conditioning system. The upgraded aircraft also have flare dispensers built into the electronic warfare system. Boeing said …

General Dynamics NASSCO, a subsidiary of the company, recently launched the U.S. Navy’s supply ship the William McLean. The ship, a 12th of a class of 14 dry cargo/ammunition, will serve as Combat Logistics Force or be part of a Maritime Prepositioning Force. About 1,000 people came to the San …

CGI will support the Marine Corps Systems Command in a five year, fixed-price contract worth $11 million, the company announced today. The award includes CGI’s commitment to help the Marine Corps with network support, information assurance, system maintenance, application enhancements and support of daily business operations. The partnership between CGI …