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New biometrics device helps Marines determine friend or foe August 20, 2013 — Marine Corps Systems Command has made it easier for Marines to tell the bad guys from the good guys. Within six months after receiving an Urgent Statement of Need, MCSC’s Force Protection Systems team, under Marine Air-Ground Task Force Command, Control and Communications, also called MC3, coordinated with the Army to field the Biometric Enrollment MORE

MCSC hosts meeting with industry partners August 9, 2013 — Representatives from businesses large and small met with members of Marine Corps Systems Command and Program Executive Officer Land Systems to discuss ways to improve communication between the command, PEO LS and industry partners Aug. 6 in Dumfries, Va. “Communication between industry and government is essential, and we welcome ideas on how we can MORE

SMAW receives new modular ballistic sight August 7, 2013 — Marine Corps Systems Command and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division are teaming to upgrade one of the longest-serving and most trusted Marine Corps weapons with improvements that would increase readiness levels and make it easier to employ.The shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon, or SMAW, was first fielded in 1984. The MORE

Enhanced combat helmet heads to production July 29, 2013 — After successful stringent tests that program experts say well exceeded initial requirements, the Marine Corps is getting ready to field its new enhanced combat helmet. In the first quarter of fiscal 2014 the first of thousands of ECHs will be issued to warfighters bound for deployment.The collaboration with the Army dates from March 2009 when the MORE

Marine Corps, Navy teams work to make ship-to-shore ops smooth July 25, 2013 — By Monique Randolph, MCSC Corporate CommunicationsShip-to-shore operations date back centuries for Marines—from their first amphibious landing on the shores of the Bahamas in 1776 to operations today in the Persian Gulf, Pacific and other locations around the world. It takes planning to move Marines and their systems from operations aboard Navy MORE

Combat patrols link to map-based application July 18, 2013 — By Jim Katzaman, MCSC, Corporate CommunicationsThe difference is as stark as reading scribbles on a notepad versus viewing an all-terrain display on a laptop. Rather than guesswork and connecting the dots, Marine combat patrols are testing a mapping application that brings GPS-based technology to their fingertips.“We were analog in nature. Now MORE

ACV team seeks Marines’ insight into vehicle requirements July 15, 2013 — By Monique Randolph, MCSC Corporate Communications Marines in the infantry and Assault Amphibious Vehicle communities can provide valuable insight into the requirements for the next Amphibious Combat Vehicle, said Dr. John Burrow, executive director for Marine Corps Systems Command and director of the Marine Corps ACV team.The ACV team was MORE

NSWC engineers answer MCSC call to reduce energy consumption July 11, 2013 — By Jacqui Barker, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City DivisionNaval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division engineers are developing tools to enable U.S. Marine Expeditionary Forces to more accurately predict energy consumption needs in theater.NSWC PCD Expeditionary Systems Division, or E30, engineers were asked by Marine Corps Systems MORE

STEM academy a chance for critical thinking, exploration June 28, 2013 — By Carden Hedelt, MCSC Corporate CommunicationsQuantico High/Middle School student Destini Entzminger, 13, looked like she was poised to come in first place in a challenge during the Quantico Summer Academy, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics camp held yearly at the school.The challenge was simple: the group whose LEGO robot could MORE

JPADS to make resupply airdrops more precise, safe for Marines June 25, 2013 — By Carden Hedelt, MCSC Corporate CommunicationsStaff Sgt. Steven Parker, Aerial Delivery Project Officer for Product Group Raids and Recon of Infantry Weapons Systems at Marine Corps Systems Command, is proud to show how well the Joint Precision Airdrop System—JPADS, for short—has performed in testing.One test in Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona MORE

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