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A BQM-177 is launched from the Marine Corps’ Medium Range Intercept Capability system - A BQM-177 is launched from the Marine Corps’ Medium Range Intercept Capability system during Live Fire 2 as part of a quad-launch event at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, in September 2022. A project of Program Executive Officer Land Systems, MRIC provides the warfighter with a state-of-the-art missile system that detects, tracks, identifies, and defeats enemy cruise missiles and other manned and unmanned aerial threats.

Back to the Future: MRIC and the rebirth of the Corps’ air defense capability

As global tensions continue to rise, the Marine Corps once again finds itself at the forefront of a strategic transformation—shifting its focus from a decades-long, land-locked War on Terror to addressing increasing great power competition in the South China Sea.

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U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, adjust a Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar system at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 10, 2020. The G/ATOR provides an air defense and surveillance capability and is used to locate enemy weapon systems. Having these capabilities further enhances Marines’ missions and increases lethality. G/ATOR is one of the Corps’ key capabilities supporting Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Savannah Mesimer) - U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, adjust a Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar system at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 10, 2020. The G/ATOR provides an air defense and surveillance capability and is used to locate enemy weapon systems. Having these capabilities further enhances Marines’ missions and increases lethality. G/ATOR is one of the Corps’ key capabilities supporting Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Savannah Mesimer)

Inside Acquisition: How the G/ATOR modernizes the Corps for the future fight

Force Design 2030 details Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger’s vision for maintaining the relevance of the Corps in the new age of great power competition. Developed to enable the Marine Corps to adapt and outmaneuver its adversaries, Force Design 2030 outlines the commandant’s goals and blueprint for ensuring America maintains its competitive edge. Critical to this effort is one of the Marine Corps’ latest and most advanced systems yet—the Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar, managed by Program Executive Officer Land Systems’ G/ATOR program office.

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Annual awards recognize superior performance among Corps’ acquisition workforce - Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. William Faulkner, president and chief executive officer of the Marine Corps Association and Foundation, congratulates recipients of the Higgins, Stoner and Roebling awards during the annual Marine Corps Systems Command Acquisition Excellence Awards, July 28 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. These three awards are signed by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David H. Berger and sponsored by MCA&F. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Andrew Reynolds)

Annual awards recognize superior performance among Corps’ acquisition workforce

The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped the Marine Corps from supporting the warfighter. It also did not stop Marine Corps Systems Command from recognizing superior achievements by its acquisition professionals.

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Marine Corps plans to replace LAV with new, ‘transformational’ ARV - Light Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles with Weapons Co., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, finish a 379-mile movement into the Australian outback. The Marine Corps plans to start replacing its legacy Light Armored Vehicles with modern Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles late in the next decade. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Codey Underwood)

Marine Corps plans to replace LAV with new, ‘transformational’ ARV

The Marine Corps plans to begin replacing its legacy Light Armored Vehicle with a modern Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle late in the next decade. The ARV will be highly mobile, networked, transportable, protected and lethal. The capability will provide, sensors, communication systems and lethality options to overmatch threats that have historically been addressed with more heavily armored systems.

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Artillery Marines’ new radar brings the distance on the battlefield - Sgt. Robert Huber with the Target Acquisition Platoon, counter-battery radar at 11th Marines inspects a newly-fielded Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar Block 2 radar system at Camp Pendleton, California. Program Executive Officer Land Systems recently started fielding the G/ATOR Block 2, which supports MAGTF counter-fire and counterbattery missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)

Artillery Marines’ new radar brings the distance on the battlefield

The Corps’ primary indirect fire weapons detection system replacement is here, and is now getting into the hands of Marines. Program Executive Officer Land Systems started fielding the Ground/Air Oriented Task Radar—or G/ATOR—Block 2 systems to artillery Marines with the 11th Marine Regiment at Camp Pendleton, California.

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The Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicle offers ‘significantly greater survivability, mobility’ than predecessor - Program Executive Officer Land Systems put the Amphibious Combat Vehicle 1.1 through high surf testing in December 2018 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The vehicle successfully navigated through waves measuring over six feet in height, meeting the ACV 1.2 anticipated requirements, and enabling the Marine Corps to combine the program into a singular ACV family of vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

The Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicle offers ‘significantly greater survivability, mobility’ than predecessor

The Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle program reached another milestone, proving the vehicle’s ability to deliver future combat power from ship to shore and follow-on objectives. Program Executive Officer Land Systems recently completed testing on the ACV, which proved the new vehicles' ability to not only take on challenging surf, but also complete a long swim from ship to shore and back. These major accomplishments facilitated the program moving from what was originally envisioned as an incremental approach, to one that will be known as the ACV family of vehicles, without the nomenclature of ACV 1.1 or ACV 1.2.

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The Marine Corps Program Executive Officer Land Systems is expected to deliver 144 Utility Task Vehicles to the regiment-level starting in February 2017. The rugged all-terrain vehicle can carry up to four Marines or be converted to haul 1,500 pounds of supplies. With minimal armor and size, the UTV can quickly haul extra ammunition and provisions, or injured Marines, while preserving energy and stealth. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Private 1st Class Rhita Daniel) - The Marine Corps Program Executive Officer Land Systems is expected to deliver 144 Utility Task Vehicles to the regiment-level starting in February 2017. The rugged all-terrain vehicle can carry up to four Marines or be converted to haul 1,500 pounds of supplies. With minimal armor and size, the UTV can quickly haul extra ammunition and provisions, or injured Marines, while preserving energy and stealth. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Private 1st Class Rhita Daniel)

Off-road, expeditionary all-terrain vehicles on their way to infantry Marines

Infantry Marines will soon receive ultralight off-road vehicles that will improve mission readiness by providing rapid logistics support in the field. Program Executive Officer Land Systems, the Corps’ acquisition arm for major land programs, is expected to deliver 144 Utility Task Vehicles to the regiment-level starting later this month—a mere six months from contract award.

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William “Bill” Taylor, Program Executive Officer Land Systems and a member of the Senior Executive Service, speaks to the audience during a Change of Leadership ceremony June 21 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Taylor—who has served as the Marine Corps’ only PEO since 2007—relinquished his duties after being selected as the next assistant deputy commandant for Sustainment for Marine Corps Aviation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Monique Randolph) - William “Bill” Taylor, Program Executive Officer Land Systems and a member of the Senior Executive Service, speaks to the audience during a Change of Leadership ceremony June 21 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Taylor—who has served as the Marine Corps’ only PEO since 2007—relinquished his duties after being selected as the next assistant deputy commandant for Sustainment for Marine Corps Aviation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Monique Randolph)

Marine Corps bids farewell to first, only PEO

After nearly 10 years as the Marine Corps first and only Program Executive Officer, the man charged with building the organization is moving on to his next challenge. William “Bill” Taylor, PEO Land Systems and a member of the Senior Executive Service, was recently selected to be the next assistant deputy commandant for Sustainment for Marine Corps Aviation. Taylor relinquished his responsibilities to acting PEO LS Col. Andrew Bianca June 21. As the former aviator “departed the pattern,” he left knowing the programs he initiated and those that were handed off to him are all on solid footing, and that both Marine Corps and DoD leaders have a better understanding and appreciation of Marine Corps acquisition.

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