GBAD: Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC)

Abstract

The Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) is a CMC Force Design program providing the Marine Corps Expeditionary Force Commander a capability to defend forward deployed forces primarily against threat subsonic/supersonic cruise missiles; secondarily against UAS and other aerial threats that enter into the MRIC's Weapons Engagement Zone (WEZ). MRIC is designed as a system-of-systems and will be integrated with Marine Corps organic Command and Control (C2) and Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) architecture. The program will enhance the expeditionary force ground based air defense (GBAD) capability to rapidly prosecute aerial threats and expand layered defense of the Expeditionary and Naval Forces. The MRIC Prototype Development will be completed 4Q FY 2022 and comprised of expeditionary missile launchers, intercept missiles, and a C2 system that are able to utilize available AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR radar for surveillance and fire control. This effort informs the investment to meet the Force Design requirements to field an MRIC Battery to each of the three LAAD Battalions in FY 2026, FY 2027, and FY 2028 to support operations including Expeditionary Advanced Based Operations (EABO) MRIC, previously budgeted in Project 2278, is moved to Project 2578 in FY 2022 to provide increased transparency. Increase of $0.127M from FY 2022 to FY 2023 is due to completion of the MRIC prototype development and integration and movement into test and evaluation. Funds support the integration testing, safety testing and certification, as well as the required software and cybersecurity testing efforts.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 2578_0605520M_7_1319_PB_2023

Tags

Readers

• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
• Missile Defense Systems.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Cyber
• Fully Networked C3
• Hypersonics