MARINE CORPS AIR DEFENSE WEAPONS SYS

Abstract

This program element supports the Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion's missions of Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD), Medium Range Air Defense and provides the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) to include; maneuver forces, bases, posts and stations, the necessary force protection to defeat the full spectrum of threats associated with the Marine Corps Low-Altitude Air Defense mission, to include hostile aerial threats from Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). With the proliferation of both military and commercial UAS platforms, the program is pursuing and acquiring more lethal and survivable air defense weapon systems platforms; such as JLTV's with armored protection and better maneuverability than a HMMWV, providing increased Counter-UAS capabilities now and continually spiraling out increasing capability for the foreseeable future. The Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) will provide a capability to defend fixed and operationally fixed sites primarily against threat subsonic/supersonic cruise missiles; secondarily against UAS and other aerial threats that enter into the MRIC's Weapons Engagement Zone (WEZ). The system will be integrated into the Integrated Air Missile Defense (IAMD) Family of Systems (FoS) to facilitate a layered defense against aerial threats

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2024
Source ID
0605520M_7_1319_PB_2024
Change Summary Explanation
Total increase of $30.197M is comprised of: Marine Corps Air Defense Weapons Systems increases $36.764M from FY 2023 to FY 2024 is due to the ramp up of development and testing of the MADIS Inc 1 Block 2 required to support increased lethality. As adversaries advance their capabilities, the MADIS Inc 1 must continue to identify increased capabilities to meet and defeat these advanced capabilities. The increase also supports initiation of System Integration Test (SIT) #2, System Verification Test (SVT) #2 as well as initiation of Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (IOT&E) of the L-MADIS. FY 2024 also initiates the RDT&E to support the I-CsUAS program of record and demonstration of the capability. Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) increase of $14.433M from FY 2023 to FY 2024 is required to support the initiation of multiple testing events (to include environmental, interoperability, transportability), as well as the initiation of the Quick Reaction Assessment (QRA) required prior to deployment. Congressional Add decrease of $21.000M from FY 2023 to FY 2024 due to the completion of demonstration efforts associated to the Extended Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar (exMHR), continuation of MRIC deployment efforts within PE 0605520M Project 2578.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Kinetic Weapons

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Command And Control
  • Cost Analysis
  • Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Navigation
  • Procurement
  • Product Development
  • Short Range Air Defense
  • Software Prototyping
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Hypersonics

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