{"id":14199,"date":"2021-01-08T22:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T22:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/08\/new-in-2021-marines-and-loitering-munitions-from-lavs-to-infantry-squads-the-corps-wants-more\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:24:29","slug":"new-in-2021-marines-and-loitering-munitions-from-lavs-to-infantry-squads-the-corps-wants-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2021\/01\/08\/new-in-2021-marines-and-loitering-munitions-from-lavs-to-infantry-squads-the-corps-wants-more\/","title":{"rendered":"New in 2021: Marines and loitering munitions \u2015 from LAVs to infantry squads, the Corps wants more in the new year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Corps looks to protect its small units in far-flung places, it has had to ditch light artillery and is instead looking for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/02\/27\/the-corps-wants-to-boost-the-lavs-firepower-with-precision-missiles-or-swarming-kamikaze-drones\/\" target=_blank>\u201cloitering munitions\u201d<\/a> both large and small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.sam.gov\/opp\/21d16cea3ac54479a469149515b957c6\/view?keywords=loitering&#038;sort=-modifiedDate&#038;index=&#038;is_active=true&#038;page=1\" target=_blank>notice posted<\/a> on a federal government contracting website in mid-November has a deadline of January. That potential project is a man-portable system that can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/09\/25\/the-marine-corps-ditched-the-120-mm-mortar-but-this-might-replace-it\/\" target=_blank>launch a swarm of suicide drones<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They\u2019re calling it the Organic Prevision Fire-Infantry, or OPF-I. If successful, planners expect it to be able to launch swarming drones capable of a 20 km range for 90 minutes or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/07\/20\/the-corps-wants-15-suicide-drones-swarming-from-the-hands-of-one-front-line-marine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/raven.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The Corps wants 15 suicide drones swarming from the hands of one front-line Marine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Corps has successfully tested a single operator controlling six drones at once.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the particulars may be fresh, the intent has been lingering in the minds of Marine Corps war planners for some time, with some success but also failure for more ambitious projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in 2018, the Corps envisioned up to 15 suicide drones, or loitering munitions, in the hands of infantry units with a mix of abilities \u2015 from warheads for troop and vehicles to electronic attack payload to take out enemy communications or sensor systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At around the same time, the Corps announced that it would divest of 120 mm mortar systems, leaving a gap of firepower coverage that it hopes loitering munitions could fill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, Marine planners added swarming suicide drones to its wish list of weapons options for the light armored reconnaissance vehicle, even looking to missiles packed with such drones that could be launched from existing weapons platforms on the LAV. That system was expected to span the 7,000 meters to 100 km range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That effort was dubbed the Organic Precision Fires-Mounted, or OPF-M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we are really looking to do here is push the envelope, so to speak, and build tomorrow\u2019s system today,\u201d Jeff Nebel, then-Marine Corps Systems Command\u2019s fire support coordination team lead for fires, said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But on the bigger system side, ambitions had to be scale back somewhat in early 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March, after years of effort to find funding in the larger Marine Corps and Navy budgets, Lt. Gen. 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