{"id":37786,"date":"2025-04-10T14:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/04\/10\/handheld-counter-drone-devices-headed-to-deploying-marine-units\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:14:59","slug":"handheld-counter-drone-devices-headed-to-deploying-marine-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/04\/10\/handheld-counter-drone-devices-headed-to-deploying-marine-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Handheld counter-drone devices headed to deploying Marine units"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. \u2014 Deploying dismounted Marine units will soon field handheld <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/unmanned\/2024\/10\/15\/make-counter-drone-training-as-routine-as-marksmanship-army-general\/\" target=\"_blank\">counter-drone<\/a> system prototypes as the service also bulks up their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/12\/17\/this-marine-unit-now-has-its-own-tool-to-blast-drones-out-of-the-sky\/\" target=\"_blank\">drone protection <\/a>on fixed bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those systems, paired with an increased emphasis on air defense training for all Marines, are part of how the Corps is getting after the drone threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement came Tuesday at the Navy League\u2019s annual Sea, Air and Space Exposition during a panel on Marine Corps modernization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has been a long time, maybe since World War II, since a member of an infantry squad on the ground actually had to look up or over his shoulder do anything other than clear an aircraft hot, or call in a medevac or something like that,\u201d said Lt. 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Benjamin Watson, head of Training and Education Command.<\/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\/2024\/07\/25\/drone-killing-marines-corps-seeks-buckshot-like-counter-drone-gear\/\" 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\/LAAD-counter-drone.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\">Drone killing Marines: Corps seeks \u2018buckshot-like\u2019 counter-drone gear<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The brass wants to see every Marine become a drone destroyer.<\/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\">The Marine Corps provided few details about the prototypes, citing security concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a matter of operational security, the exact technologies will not be discussed, but the interim solution fielded will allow Marines to detect, track, identify, and kinetically and non-kinetically defeat adversary [small unmanned aircraft systems] in a dismounted formation,\u201d according to a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watson noted that in the Cold War era, Marines commonly trained in defending small units from air attack. That was less necessary during the era of complete air superiority that troops experienced in recent wars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A return to cover, concealment and camouflage focus is also part of the initiative, Watson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe may never fight again with the air superiority in the way we have traditionally come to appreciate it,\u201d Watson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protection isn\u2019t just for the infantry, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the things that is apparent to all of us is that unmanned aerial systems are a threat not just to infantry Marines, but to all Marines,\u201d said Lt. Gen. Eric Austin, head of Combat Development Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those deploying units are likely going to be the Marine Expeditionary Units and Marine Littoral Regiments, a Marine official told Marine Corps Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The handheld dismounted prototypes are for defeating small drone threats, which thwart small, dismounted units. The Corps also has a larger ground-based air defense program known as GBAD, which works against larger threats, such as missiles and mortars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCurrent Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) capabilities that are being fielded today predominantly focus on mounted platforms organic to the Low Altitude Air Defense Battalions (LAAD Bn) and the Littoral Anti-Air Battalions (LAAB), which encompass the entire air defense continuum up to and including defeating manned aircraft and cruise missile threats,\u201d according to a Marine release. \u201cThose dedicated air defense assets are not always practical or available at scale to support individual unit operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The selection came after a year-long review process and a fly-off, which pitted various systems against each other in September, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March, the Corps awarded a $642 million, 10-year contract to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anduril.com\/article\/anduril-awarded-10-year-642m-program-of-record-to-deliver-cuas-systems-for-u-s-marine-corps\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anduril <\/a>to provide installation-based, counter-drone equipment to protect Marine bases and fixed sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same company received a $200 million contract to develop the Marine Air Defense Integrated System in November. 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