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 firing exercises were completed 4Q FY 2022 and informed the decision point in 1Q FY2023 to certify for deployment. The certification efforts will occur FY 2023 through FY 2024. 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). Increase 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.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 2578_0605520M_7_1319_PB_2024

Tags

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

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

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Hypersonics