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U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2 conduct New Equipment Training with Phase II of the Common Aviation Command and Control System aboard Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 19, 2019. CAC2S modernizes aviation command and control equipment and improves interoperability among Marine Air Command and Control squadrons, Marine Air-Ground Task Force assets and joint agencies. Program Executive Officer Land Systems recently completed fielding all full rate production units of CAC2S. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan M. LeBlanc) - U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2 conduct New Equipment Training with Phase II of the Common Aviation Command and Control System aboard Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 19, 2019. CAC2S modernizes aviation command and control equipment and improves interoperability among Marine Air Command and Control squadrons, Marine Air-Ground Task Force assets and joint agencies. Program Executive Officer Land Systems recently completed fielding all full rate production units of CAC2S. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan M. LeBlanc)

MCTSSA supports live-fire exercise with 5th Battalion 11th Marines - Marines with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, coordinate strikes with a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System at the Air Combat Element landing strip as a part of Integrated Training Exercise 3-18 aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 21, 2018. The purpose of ITX is to create a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated MAGTF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. William Chockey)

Francis Bonner (left) talks to members of his team about modifications to the Common Aviation Command and Control System, or CAC2S, in his office on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Bonner will receive the 2014 Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers Award for his achievements as lead engineer for the CAC2S program at Program Executive Officer Land Systems. - Francis Bonner (left) talks to members of his team about modifications to the Common Aviation Command and Control System, or CAC2S, in his office on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Bonner will receive the 2014 Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers Award for his achievements as lead engineer for the CAC2S program at Program Executive Officer Land Systems.