{"id":36148,"date":"2024-12-17T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/12\/17\/this-marine-unit-now-has-its-own-tool-to-blast-drones-out-of-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:03:11","slug":"this-marine-unit-now-has-its-own-tool-to-blast-drones-out-of-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/12\/17\/this-marine-unit-now-has-its-own-tool-to-blast-drones-out-of-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"This Marine unit now has its own tool to blast drones out of the sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the Marine Corps\u2019 newest operational<\/a> formations recently fielded a crucial \u201cworkhorse\u201d air defense system to counter enemy drones and other aerial threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leathernecks with the 3rd Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment in Hawaii<\/a> received the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS, as the newly formed unit positions itself to counter threats in the Indo-Pacific region, according to a Marine Corps Systems Command release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe rapid rise of UAS, used for surveillance, targeting and attacks, has made advanced air defense systems like MADIS critical to protecting our Marines and preserving our combat effectiveness,\u201d said Lt. Col. Craig Warner, Future Weapons Systems product manager. \u201cMADIS not only detects, tracks and defeats aerial threats but also serves as a powerful deterrent, signaling to adversaries that their aerial assets will not succeed against U.S. forces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All services continue to face a growing drone threat in every area of operations. In 2018, the Marines responded by beginning to build capacity <\/a>for a \u201clayered defense,\u201d one that would eventually use the MADIS, Col. Andrew Konicki told Marine Corps Times. Konicki manages the Corps\u2019 Ground-Based<\/a> Air Defense<\/a> program office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marine officials have called the MADIS, built by Kongsberg Protech Systems USA<\/a>, the \u201cbasic building block of the LAAD battalions\u2019 ground base air defense capability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t