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Ground Combat Element 2040

Friday, August 28th, 2026

26 Aug 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. —

The Marine Corps released Ground Combat Element 2040 Fiscal Year 2026 strategic framework today, outlining the service’s vision to ensure ground forces remain lethal and adaptable against peer adversaries. This update nests under the Marine Corps Force Design initiatives, transitioning from the initial GCE 2040 baseline vision to actionable implementation priorities for modular, multi-domain forces designed to seize, hold, and defend contested littoral terrain.

“Our central imperative is to cultivate a Ground Combat Element that is fully enabled by cutting-edge technology but remains fundamentally human-centric,” said Lieutenant General Jay M. Bargeron, Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations. “While we will aggressively pursue innovations in artificial intelligence, robotics, and multi-domain fires, we will never lose sight of the fact that the individual Marine is our most critical asset. The courage, adaptability, and unwavering will to win of our warfighters are the true source of our combat power.”

The framework actively integrates artificial intelligence, robotics, and human-machine teaming via ruggedized tactical edge-computing nodes running localized Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Key materiel priorities focus on advanced mobility platforms like the Amphibious Combat Vehicle and Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle, expanded organic precision and long-range fires, and squad-level Ground-Based Air Defense. This is coupled with scaling the Marine Littoral Regiment’s capabilities to Division and regimental headquarters, supported by tactical edge command posts integrated with Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control.

Spanning near-term (2026-2030), mid-term (2031-2035), and long-range (2036-2040) epochs, Ground Combat Element 2040 maintains a forward-looking strategy that ensures Marine Corps ground combat formations remain prepared not only for immediate operational demands but are positioned to secure and maintain decisive combat superiority through 2040.

The Ground Combat Element 2040 is available on the HQMC PP&O webpage.

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Digital Manufacturing Exchange Expands Manufacturing Options for Marines at the Tactical Edge

Tuesday, August 25th, 2026

Kyushu, Japan —

A Marine in Kyushu, Japan, initiated a manufacturing job on a printer nearly 400 miles away in Okinawa.

That single action demonstrated the larger promise of the Digital Manufacturing Exchange, or DMX: connecting technical expertise, approved data and available manufacturing capacity across geographically dispersed locations without requiring every unit to possess every capability at the point of need.

During Valiant Shield 26, Marine Depot Maintenance Command (MDMC) joined operating forces, other military services, original equipment manufacturers and regional industry partners to test how DMX could support a distributed sustainment network across the Indo-Pacific.

Seven Marine Corps printers were connected to DMX during the exercise. Participating organizations completed 19 prints representing 11 unique parts using streamed technical data from the Marine Corps, Navy, Army and an original equipment manufacturer.

The results showed that DMX can do more than move a digital file from one computer to another. It can connect a unit with an equipment requirement to technical experts, approved manufacturing data and production capacity located elsewhere in the region.

For Marines operating across the Indo-Pacific, that connection could reduce the effect of distance on readiness. Rather than waiting for every select component to move through a lengthy transportation network, units could gain another option for producing approved parts closer to where equipment is operating.

“DMX and distributed manufacturing give Marines across III MEF the tactical flexibility to make dynamic ‘make-or-buy’ decisions within a resilient regional supply network and closer to the point of need. Producing approved parts on demand can reduce theater transit times and help resolve critical shortages when traditional industrial sources cannot deliver high-demand readiness items quickly enough. DMX also strengthens joint integration and expands opportunities to partner with private industry to increase regional manufacturing capacity.”

Maj. Eric J. Mees, 3d Marine Logistics Group G-4 sustainment officer

One of the exercise’s central efforts involved a frequently damaged lower ladder step used on Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks, Palletized Load System A2 vehicles and Logistics Vehicle System Replacement platforms. Oshkosh Defense authorized the controlled use of its proprietary technical data, allowing Marine Depot Maintenance Command and Marines supporting III Marine Expeditionary Force to manufacture the component while the company retained ownership and control of its intellectual property.

“Oshkosh Defense is pleased to partner with MDMC on this initiative because advanced manufacturing and secure digital delivery directly support what Warfighters need most: ready equipment, responsive parts support, and a sustainment approach built to perform over the full vehicle lifecycle,” said Pat Williams, Chief Programs Officer, Oshkosh Defense. “The successful printing and delivery of an Oshkosh repair part during Valiant Shield successfully demonstrated the DMX program’s commitment to protection of a manufacturer’s intellectual property while ensuring seamless support to the operating units, and we look forward to extending this capability to additional critical Class IX parts.”

A Department of State-approved export license enabled MadeHere K.K., a qualified industry partner in Japan, to support production using the Oshkosh data. Industry partners in Japan and South Korea also conducted post-processing and manufactured components using approved government-owned technical data.

“Every supply chain is a bet that the people, the knowledge and the tools will still be there tomorrow. When that bet fails, a part becomes unreproducible and a mission stalls. What was scattered, we gather. What was tacit, we make permanent. What was distant, we build here. Our partnership with MDMC through the DMX initiative demonstrates that sustainment in the Indo-Pacific doesn’t have to cross an ocean. It can happen right here.”

Alexander De Vore, CEO of MadeHere K.K.

The work included a hydraulic manifold manufactured by South Korean partner Partners Lab and an Assault Amphibious Vehicle driver’s vision enhancer latch produced by the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology. These efforts demonstrated how qualified regional manufacturers could supplement military production capacity closer to operating forces.

DMX also enabled approved technical data and manufacturing capacity to be shared across organizations and military services. Using Army Aviation and Missile Command data, Marines manufactured UH-60 components. MDMC supported the effort by providing approved technical data for additional components, helping expand the range of parts available for distributed manufacturing during the exercise.

In another demonstration, Marines in Kyushu initiated a manufacturing job on a printer in Okinawa. The effort showed how technical expertise, approved data and production equipment located in different places could be connected through a controlled digital process.

The exercise also tested how DMX could work with limited connectivity. Marines partnered with Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division’s “Print on the Move” team to access technical data and produce a component without an active network connection. The demonstration showed how DMX could remain useful in remote or contested environments where reliable communications may not always be available.

DMX is designed to complement —not replace—the existing supply system, depot maintenance or direct support from equipment manufacturers. It gives commanders another option when an approved part is unavailable, has a long lead time or cannot reach the operating force quickly enough.

For Marines operating across a vast and contested theater, the value of DMX is ultimately measured at the tactical edge. By linking approved technical data, manufacturing capacity and expertise across the region, DMX gives commanders another way to overcome distance, respond to equipment shortfalls and keep critical systems in the fight. Valiant Shield 26 demonstrated how that network can move sustainment closer to Marines by giving the force more options when time, distance and availability matter most.

By Jennifer Napier | Marine Corps Logistics Command

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US Marine Corps Awards Accrete Sole-Source Contract for Argus for Cognitive Advantage

Saturday, August 22nd, 2026

NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2026 — Accrete, the cognitive infrastructure company building Knowledge Engines for autonomous work, today announced that it has been awarded a sole-source contract by the U.S. Marine Corps to deliver Argus for Cognitive Advantage.

The award was made on a sole-source basis. Under the award, Accrete will license its Expert AI Agents to the U.S. Marine Corps to help achieve cognitive advantage, enabling more informed, confident decisions.

Adversaries increasingly compete below the threshold of armed conflict, using coordinated narratives, synthetic media, and inauthentic amplification to shape perceptions faster than human analysts can track. Rather than treating open-source data as a search problem, Argus for Cognitive Advantage tracks, analyzes, and visualizes narrative development across the complete information environment — OSINT, open web, social media, broadcast media, messaging platforms, and foreign-language outlets. Accrete’s Knowledge Engine platform, which powers the Expert AI Agent Argus for Cognitive Advantage, converts the institutional knowledge of experienced practitioners into expert AI agents that surface the most relevant, use-case-specific signals across every accessible network. This significantly reduces analytic time and produces the detailed reporting required for timely decision-making.

In a world driven by visual media, rapid analysis is paramount — and this is where Argus for Cognitive Advantage’s video vision stands out. It reduces hours of video content to analysis in minutes, transcribing and translating speech, detecting objects and scene content, and inferring location cues — turning clips that once had to be watched end to end into searchable, attributable evidence, including video posted in languages the analyst does not read.

Additional product capabilities include:

Narrative intelligence. Narrative engines, stance detection, and predictive simulation track how conversations evolve and resonate.

Audience simulation. The Audience Simulation Agent segments an audience and simulates how each segment will react to a message before it is released, compressing a weeks-long analytic task into a single workflow.

Measures of effectiveness. Automated assessments quantify mission outcomes.

Global reach. Real-time translation and transcription across 243 languages, spanning sources including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Reddit, Telegram, Weibo, and VKontakte.

Argus Chat. Analysts query the data in plain language.

Trusted AI by design. Every inference is traceable to its source, within auditable, accreditation-ready boundaries.

“Cognitive advantage is a warfighting requirement, not a support function, and this award reflects the Marine Corps’ clear recognition of that,” said Bill Wall, CEO of Accrete AI Government. “Furthermore, this sole-source award demonstrates the trust Accrete has built across the Department of War services. Accrete is proud to expand its reach within the Department of War by supporting the U.S. Marine Corps.”

Accrete first deployed Argus with the Department of War in 2022, followed by a multi-million dollar U.S. Army contract in 2024 to advance the capability for Army information operations. Argus for Cognitive Advantage was selected for a 2025 AFWERX STRATFI award to transition its technology from prototype to operational use.

“Knowledge Engines are dynamic context recorders, and the advantage begins the moment an organization presses record. The most valuable context in any institution is the know-how trapped in the heads of its best people. Organizations that never capture it are ceding compounding advantage to adversaries and competitors that do. Argus for Cognitive Advantage is one of the most sophisticated applications of the Knowledge Engine platform, and Accrete is proud to extend it to the Marine Corps as it counters adversaries operating against the United States every day through digital channels,” said Prashant Bhuyan, Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Accrete, Inc.

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PAE Marine Corps Fields Squad Aiming Laser

Tuesday, August 11th, 2026

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. —

Program Manager Ground Weapons Systems (PM GWS) within PAE Marine Corps began fielding the Squad Aiming Laser (SAL) to the School of Infantry-East at Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 27 and 28, equipping infantry, reconnaissance and special operations forces with a compact, high-precision tool for the modern battlefield.

SAL is an ultra-compact, all-digital, multi-function laser system. It provides both visible and near-infrared (NIR) aiming pointers and illumination, allowing Marines to locate, identify, and engage targets in the most contentious environments and harshest conditions.

Harry Mandeles, the project officer for the Optics Team at PM GWS, said the transition to SAL represents more than just a hardware update; it is a fundamental shift in how small units dominate the night.

“The NIR beam and illuminator clarity is a generational leap. Infantry Marines will notice significantly less eye strain and a much clearer target picture through their Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) compared to the legacy PEQ-16.” Harry Mandeles, the project officer for the Optics Team at PM GWS.

The benefits to the Fleet Marine Force (FMF) are rooted in three primary tactical advantages: weight reduction, beam quality, and engagement range. By reducing the front-end weight of the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR), the SAL improves overall weapon balance, making the platform more maneuverable during high-tempo operations. The use of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) technology produces a uniform, clean beam for faster target identification enabling squads to fully utilize the extended-range capabilities of modern NVGs, pushing the lethality of the squad further than ever before.

Beyond its technical specifications, the SAL program serves as an example of the Marine Corps’ commitment to rapidly delivering capability through leveraging commercial technology. By leveraging SOCOM’s Small Business Innovation Research efforts and small-business agility, the SAL program moved from a stated requirement to a major contract award with remarkable speed. This rapid acquisition model ensures that Marines are not waiting years for technology that is available today.

“The biggest success with SAL was competitively awarding an IDIQ [Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity] contract, securing a higher-power laser in a package smaller than any laser in our inventory, and we did it at an extremely competitive price.”

As the Marine Corps continues to refine its Force Design initiatives, the fielding of the SAL ensures that the individual rifleman remains the most lethal element on the battlefield. With its digital interface, lightweight design, and superior optical clarity, the Squad Aiming Laser provides the precision necessary for the complex, low-light engagements of 21st-century warfare.

By Adam Vernon | Portfolio Acquisition Executive Marine Corps

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MARSOC: Automated Armory Collaboration Event

Friday, July 31st, 2026

Picture Perfect Accountability

SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), will host a collaboration event on 17 September 2026, to identify innovative technologies and technical approaches that modernize serialized ground ordnance accountability. The event will focus on reducing manual administrative processes through secure digital inventory management, automated documentation, and integrated identification/scanning capabilities while improving accountability, audit readiness, and operational efficiency.

MARSOC armories maintain thousands of serialized weapons, optics, lasers, night vision devices, communications equipment, and other controlled assets that routinely transfer custody among operators, maintenance activities, and storage locations. Current accountability processes rely heavily on manual inventories, handwritten forms, repetitive data entry, and multiple independent records. These processes are labor intensive, susceptible to human error, and consume significant man-hours while increasing accountability risk.

MARSOC seeks commercially available technologies or innovative solutions capable of digitizing armory operations while remaining compatible with existing accountability requirements. Desired capabilities include secure Common Access Card (CAC-enabled user) authentication, automated equipment issue and recovery, inventory tracking, documentation, audit logging, equipment location management, and integrated scanning technologies that reduce administrative burden without compromising accountability. 

The purpose of this collaboration event is to partner with industry innovators to design a secure, zero-signature automated armory that relies exclusively on optical recognition and computer vision. To maintain strict operational security and eliminate detectable RF signals, this initiative prohibits the use of RFID, active Bluetooth, or radiating digital transmitters. Instead, this event challenges industry partners to develop a passive, image-based inventory system where weapons, gear, and serial numbers are automatically tracked, verified, and logged simply by taking a digital photo or scanning an optical image as items enter or exit the facility. This approach will eliminate slow, legacy paper-based workflows and human-error bottlenecks while guaranteeing absolute property accountability without exposing our facilities to electronic detection. 

Request to Attend NLT 16 August 2026 11:59 PM ET

Learn more here.

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Recon Marines Provide Critical Feedback for ARV Development

Friday, July 31st, 2026

DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. —

It is crucial that the capabilities our warfighters receive to fight and survive meet the current threat environment. Their input in the development of such systems can help lead to a capability that meets their needs when they need it. With that in mind, Portfolio Acquisition Executive Marine Corps Program Manager Light Armored Vehicles (PM LAV) conducted an Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) Marine Touch Point (MTP) at the Ground Vehicle Systems Center in Detroit Arsenal, Mich., June 10 – 11, 2026. 

The ARV program is executing under the Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) pathway for rapid prototyping, and to support this accelerated timeline, PM LAV is conducting a series of early operational assessments with the Textron and General Dynamics Land Systems prototype ARV-30 variant. These events are designed to place these systems directly in the hands of experienced Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Marines to capture high-pedigree, actionable feedback, which will lead to reducing program risk prior to major design reviews and potentially influence future design changes. 

“This Marine touchpoint puts experienced LAR operators in the driver’s seat of prototypes, providing an early fleet feedback loop to refine designs and optimize combat capabilities before the baseline is locked. It allows us to directly translate Marine prototype feedback into concrete design refinements—ensuring the final platform is built for operators.” 

– Col. Douglas Peterson, program manager, LAV

Marines with 1st LAR, 2d LAR, 3d LAR, and LAR Training Company, conducted gunnery and vehicle familiarization operations designed to familiarize the Marines with the prototype vehicle’s layout and turret operations through hands-on interaction. Additionally, they performed driver training and practical application on a test track. Using a concurrent execution model, the Marines split into groups with one conducting driver familiarization and practical application on one vendor’s vehicle, the other group simultaneously conducting gunnery and vehicle familiarization on the other vendor’s platform. The groups “flip-flopped” roles at points, ensuring all Marines interacted with all systems. Using this approach, PM LAV was able to maintain data integrity by ensuring all Marines provide feedback on both vehicles independently. 

“From my perspective, this Marine Touch Point was a phenomenal success and a textbook example of our ‘Shift Left’ strategy in action,” said Master Gunnery Sgt. John Farrell, PM LAV operations chief. “By putting our most seasoned, highly experienced LAR Marines face-to-face with vendor engineers, we captured high-pedigree, actionable feedback on the physical hull ergonomics and turret controls of the ARV-30 prototypes early in the cycle. This direct collaboration is incredibly beneficial for both the USMC and our industry partners; it allows us to identify necessary design refinements, mitigate program risks, and shape future tactics well before the Critical Design Review, ensuring we ultimately deliver the most lethal and operationally suitable platform to the fleet.” 

“This [Marine Touch Point] is integral to the future of the Marine Corps,” said Staff Sgt. Dominic Rosado, Light Armored platoon sergeant and master gunner for 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. “We have maintenance chiefs here, we have master gunners here, we have O311 scouts that ride in the back of the vehicles and not necessarily operate it. I think bringing the Marines here to tell the contractors, ‘hey, this is what we’re looking for – hey, this is something that you might run into if we are to get this vehicle today and you kept this piece of gear on here.’ We’re here to basically shape what we want and tell them. We’re integrated in the process and the building of these new weapon systems, these new vehicles, and everything that the Marine Corps is turning into for this new force design.” 

The ARV is built for the mission ahead. With open architecture, modular payloads, and clear upgrade paths, the system is designed to evolve. It gives the future Mobile Reconnaissance Battalion (MRB) a platform that is more survivable, more mobile, and more connected. Helping Marines see first, understand faster, and stay in the fight. 

“The ARV is the critical enabler for the LAR-to-MRB transition. It fundamentally redefines the mission by sensing, fusing, and sharing actionable intelligence across the entire (Marine Air-Ground Task Force). The capabilities the ARV delivers are highly suitable for the near-term fight, while its open-architecture design guarantees scalable capability growth for years to come.”  

– Col. Douglas Peterson, program manager, LAV

“It creates more of a situational awareness,” said Rosado. “Not only for just like the individual crewmen, but as a whole with the different variants that they’re coming out with. Situational awareness down from the crewmen level all the way to the company and battalion level is going to serve dividends going and reporting to the [Marine Expeditionary Unit], reporting to a division, or whoever is that higher echelon of command that we report to the situational awareness of the battlefield. That’s what we do and shaping that is going to be greatly improved based off these vehicles.” 

PM LAV is planning to conduct additional MTP’s throughout the ARV’s pre-production development phase to continue to receive feedback on design updates. The program continues to deliver on schedule, apply rigorous cost controls, and reduce risk early, utilizing events such as this to do so.

By David Jordan | Portfolio Acquisition Executive Marine Corps

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2nd Marine Regiment Tests First-Ever Group 3 UAS Capabilities at the Conventional Level

Tuesday, July 28th, 2026

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Amidst the remote sands and sweltering heat of the California desert, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, embarks on the U.S. Marine Corps’ pioneer test of the JUMP 20-X equipped with the Switchblade 300 Block 20 at the conventional level during Service Level Training Exercise 4-26.

JUMP 20-X is a Group 3 unmanned aircraft system possessing capabilities of 12 hours in-air flight time, electro-optical infrared camera payloads, a 115-mile operational range, and up to 30-pounds of payload capacity—leading to one of Jump 20-X’s biggest assets: the Switchblade 300 Block 20, a loitering munition released from the undercarriage of the JUMP 20-X.

On July 16th and 17th, 2nd Marines experimented JUMP 20-X equipped with the Switchblade 300 Block 20 munition alongside developer, AeroVironment. In a groundbreaking success for the regiment, they accurately engaged a target 25 kilometers into the battlespace.

“[Switchblade 300 Block 20] can be launched, go into a holding pattern as you look for your adversary and you can directly fly some organic precision fires that are tube launched from Marines on the ground,” said CWO2 Christopher Leone, the 2nd Marine Regiment intel operations and fusion officer; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tactical controller. “For the JUMP 20-X experiment that we’re doing, AeroVironment has tested its capabilities to launch that same ground loitering munition from the belly of the bird itself.”

Incorporating the Switchblade 300 Block 20 into the battlefield gives the Marine Corps an additional loitering munition that organically incorporates with troops on the ground–similar to Organic Precision Fires-Light that is currently used by infantry units–and provides fires at the regiment level to engage the adversary.

“We at 2nd Marines are the first ones testing a Group 3 asset at the Regimental level,” Leone said. “[The Marine Corps has] the Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadrons 1, 2, and 3 that fly the MQ-9s in the Group 5 level of assets, but it would be great for the Regiment because we’re outside of the [air] wings. We’re supporting the Ground Combat Element that doesn’t have an asset that can fly as far as the Group 5, so this is something that hasn’t been tested before.”

2nd Marines realizes the positive impact this Group 3 asset will have in future operations as it provides capabilities not found in the Marine Corps’ other assets.

2nd Marine Regiment has only USMC Group 1 Program of Record in their arsenal to include the Puma AE, and quadcopters such as SkyDio X2D and Sky Raider, stated Leone.

With Group 1 assets having small duration flight times ranging from 30 minutes to an hour and a half and limited flight distance, the JUMP 20-X stands out for its longevity and ability to travel miles into deep battlespace.

“[JUMP 20-X] is big for us, and to fly it into the regimental deep space as we’re looking to shape fires in the environment for our battalions to keep moving towards the next objective–none of our current PORs that are Group 1 would be able to go that far,” Leone said. JUMP 20-X is a product of AeroVironment, who is also the producer of the Marine Corps’ Puma AE. Having that working relationship with the company, 2nd Marines reached out in February of this year, interested in their Group 3 capabilities.

“As the [2nd Marine] Regiment, this is the first conventional unit to at least test and do a combat research and development agreement with AeroVironment,” Leone said, referring to the predominant units working with AeroVironment being special forces across the Department of War. “We invited AeroVironment out here for our mid-planning conference, all in support of SLTE 4-26, and they agreed upon it and are in direct support of the regiment to give us this capability.”

As of now, 2nd Marines does not have any Small Unmanned Aircraft System Operators, MOS 7316, who have the training to fly Group 3 assets.

We’re trying to fix the lack of pilots for Group 3 through this week’s testing, experimentation and research, Leone said. Currently, MOS 7300 Marines fly the Group 2 Stalker and Group 5 assets.

Through learning side-by-side with AeroVironment contractors, who operate JUMP 20-X for the Marines at SLTE 4-26, 2nd Marines is confident that with their support through MDMX and MWX force-on-force later this August, they’ll be ahead of the curve in targeting the adversary–advancing the Marine Corps’ future of UAS capabilities deep into the ever-changing battlefield.

Story by Sgt Alexis French, 2nd Marine Division

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Allen Control Systems Selected for US Marine Corps Ground Based Air Defense Program

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026

Bullfrog Autonomous Weapon Station to Be Integrated Into Marine Corps Formations for Counter-Drone Missions
AUSTIN, Texas—Allen Control Systems (ACS) today announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has selected its Bullfrog™ autonomous weapon system under the service’s Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) program to counter the growing threat of low-cost weaponized drones. The GBAD program equips Marines with fully integrated air defense solutions that detect, track, and defeat airborne threats, including drones, missiles, and aircraft.

The Marine Corps will integrate Bullfrog into the Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System (L-MADIS), the service’s most expeditionary counter-drone platform, through a prototype Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), increasing lethality and restoring maneuver for Marines on contested battlefields.

“The Marine Corps requires the most sophisticated and accurate possible capabilities to carry out its critical missions,” said Mike Wior, co-founder and CEO, ACS. “We are honored to support Marines with fast, scalable, and cost-effective counter-drone solutions that integrate seamlessly into existing platforms.”

Already deployed with the U.S. Army and Navy and validated through Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and allied military customers, Bullfrog combines AI, computer vision, and precision robotics to enable any legacy or modern firearm to detect, track, and defeat incoming threats at a fraction of the cost of even the least expensive kinetic interceptors.

The proliferation of drone warfare from Ukraine to the Middle East has exposed the enormous cost asymmetry of modern conflict, where militaries have relied on million-dollar missiles to neutralize low-cost threats. ACS directly addresses that gap, delivering autonomous precision at scale.

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