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Small business innovators provide Marines technological edge May 31, 2016 — The Marine Corps is eyeing as many as a half-dozen new technologies that will help Marines gain an unfair advantage. These innovative technologies and more were on display at the Navy’s Forum for Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Research Transition in National Harbor, Maryland, May 16-18. The Forum (formerly known as Navy Opportunity Forum) has been a long-standing venue for connecting SBIR/STTR-funded technologies with Marines and sailors, government acquisition and technical professionals, large primes, system integrators, and other potential partners and collaborators. MORE

Corps acquisition chief lays out top challenges May 23, 2016 — Current and future readiness was top of mind May 18 at the Equipping and Sustaining the Sea Services panel at Sea Air Space, the Navy League’s global maritime exposition. Brig. Gen. Joseph Shrader, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, joined his acquisition colleagues from the Navy and Coast Guard at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. As the commander of the only systems command in the Marine Corps, he voiced the service’s top acquisition challenges and opportunities. MORE

Marine athlete succeeds in competition, career May 13, 2016 — Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller named a Marine Corps Systems Command Marine the “Female Athlete of the Year” May 11. During the Combined Awards Ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, the commandant presented Capt. Christine Taranto, a logistics analyst with MCSC’s Acquisition Logistics and Product Support, the Marine Corps 2015 Female Athlete of the Year Award. This was Taranto’s second time receiving the award— her first was in 2013. MORE

MCSC combines innovation, interaction at Sea Air Space 2016 May 12, 2016 — Marine Corps Systems Command will bring some of its most innovative and interactive gear to this year’s Sea Air Space Exposition May 16-18 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. During the three-day event, attendees can try on Marine Corps combat gear while using the improved Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer, and observe the new Augmented Immersive Team Trainer, an augmented reality trainer that brings the range to the Marines. MORE

911 enhancements speed emergency response on Marine Corps bases May 11, 2016 — The Marine Corps is the first military service to meet a 2010 Secretary of Defense mandate to provide more precise location of 911 callers and expedite emergency response times on bases. After the 2009 Fort Hood shooting by an Army officer, the Pentagon began to take a closer look at security policies and procedures across the defense community. One of the lessons learned revealed a need to have 911 as the universal emergency number on every military base and for all installations to have enhanced 911 capabilities, called E911, to better support emergency responders in isolating a caller’s location. MORE

Leaner system goes distance to push water to Marines May 2, 2016 — Marine Corps System Command is fielding a new water distribution system that streamlines water delivery to Marines in austere locations. The Expeditionary Water Distribution System delivers water with a leaner design, solving challenges of its predecessor, the Tactical Water Distribution System. The TWDS had 9,000 parts and was 5,000 cubic feet in size, making it too large and complex for agile missions. MORE

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