{"id":50818,"date":"2023-09-07T17:56:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/07\/marine-corps-leader-eyes-drone-swarm-launched-from-above-beneath-waves\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:32:43","slug":"marine-corps-leader-eyes-drone-swarm-launched-from-above-beneath-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2023\/09\/07\/marine-corps-leader-eyes-drone-swarm-launched-from-above-beneath-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Corps leader eyes drone swarm launched from above, beneath waves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARLINGTON, Va. \u2014 The U.S. Marine Corps is interested in using unmanned submersibles or surface vessels as motherships for swarms of one-way drones, according to a top modernization official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Real-world employment of such technology would mark a significant step forward for the Corps and the Department of Defense, as both seek to exploit<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/2023\/02\/09\/small-drones-launched-from-wherever-excel-in-us-army-experiment\/\" target=\"_blank\"> uncrewed systems<\/a>, autonomy and hard-to-detect weaponry in preparation for a potential fight with China or Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re focused very heavily now on organic precision fires, loitering munitions. There\u2019s a lot of areas there that I think we can accelerate, because industry is, clearly, cutting the path for us,\u201d Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl, leader of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, said at the Sept. 6 Defense News Conference in Pentagon City. \u201cThe idea of loitering munitions coming off unmanned surface vessels, loitering munitions coming out of unmanned underwater vessels \u2014 you can let your imagination run wild, and we\u2019re pushing the envelope on all of those.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wide-ranging application of drones \u2014 for spying and targeting, and for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/intel-geoint\/2023\/08\/24\/how-iranian-drones-found-in-iraq-ukraine-reflect-its-growing-ambitions\/\" target=\"_blank\">one-way trips<\/a> culminating in an explosion \u2014 has been observed in the Russia-Ukraine war. So-called exploding drones target vehicles and infantry alike, often with deadly effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Marines have yet to test a combination of USV, UUV and attack drones en masse, trials are possible in the near future. Boeing\u2019s extra-large Orca could be a candidate, according to Heckl. The company in July published footage of an Orca beneath the waves, its mast extended, but provided few additional details.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/uas\/2023\/07\/31\/us-army-developing-lasso-tank-killing-drone-for-infantry\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7933347.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\">US Army developing LASSO tank-killing drone for infantry<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Army is still finalizing details related to contracts with defense industry, a PEO Soldier spokesperson said.<\/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\">\u201cWe\u2019re not experimenting, but we will,\u201d Heckl told reporters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/defense-news-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">at the conference<\/a>. \u201cImagine a fully autonomous UUV that can go out, get to within X range of an area, surface and launch thousands of loitering munitions that are fully autonomous, and then slip back below the surface.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps\u2019 much-discussed revamp, Force Design 2030, includes a call to quickly develop and field loitering, swarming munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen. Eric Smith, the acting commandant, on Wednesday said the Corps will \u201ccontinue to add drone technology, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence\u201d into its mix. A squadron this year became the only Marine unit in the Indo-Pacific to reach an early operational milestone with the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/08\/03\/marine-corps-now-has-unit-in-indo-pacific-flying-reaper-drones\/#:~:text=Irene%20Loewenson%20is%20a%20staff,chief%20of%20the%20student%20newspaper.\" target=\"_blank\">Marine Corps Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe MQ-9s? Boom, in the Pacific. We said we were going to put them in the Pacific, and they\u2019re there,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThey\u2019re also in Central Command, doing some pretty robust work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Defense News reporter Megan Eckstein contributed to this article.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Marines have yet to test a combo of USV, UUV and attack drones, such a trial is possible in the near future, according to Lt. Gen. 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