Story by Ashley Calingo | Marine Corps Systems Command | 04.26.2017
Marine Corps Systems Command is equipping Marines with the updated M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun, increasing Marines’ survivability and lethality on the battlefield....
Story by Ashley Calingo | Marine Corps Systems Command | 03.09.2017
To Marines on a breaching mission, the shotgun is more than just a weapon. It is a tool Marines use to breach—or gain entry into—an enemy-held building using the minimal amount of force. Marine Corps Systems Command’s Military Enhancement Kit gives Marines the tactical advantage by transforming current shotguns into a more compact and versatile weapon....
Story by Ashley Calingo | Marine Corps Systems Command | 07.06.2016
Marine Corps Systems Command is equipping Marines with a new range finder that will improve their accuracy and lethality on the battlefield. The Micro Laser Range Finder, or MLRF, is a multifunction laser system that can be used in a variety of battlefield conditions. Whether mounted on a tripod, on a weapon, or held by hand, the MLRF allows Marines to determine the range to targets, control......
Story by Carden Hedelt | Marine Corps Systems Command | 09.02.2014
For Marines running roadblocks and vehicle check points, identifying an oncoming vehicle as a threat is a decision that has to happen quickly and at standoff range because lives are on the line. A new system being fielded to II and III Marine Expeditionary Forces, Reserve Units and Marine Corps Forces Central Command will give Marines more certainty when distinguishing friend or foe....
Story by James Katzaman | Marine Corps Systems Command | 06.02.2014
Only a few years ago he swore he would never come back to the acquisition field. Yet, Col. Mike Manning is glad he returned to Marine Corps Systems Command....
Courtesy Story | Marine Corps Systems Command | 01.29.2014
A good scientist will design hard tests with one isolated variable in a controlled environment. Field testing often introduces several variables at once. So says Dr. Rebecca Jaworski, a biomedical engineer with the Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad at Marine Corps Systems Command. She and Mackie Jordan, Engineer with Infantry Weapons Systems had the opportunity to move from controlled......
Story by Carden Hedelt | Marine Corps Systems Command | 11.19.2013
An Infantry Weapons Systems engineer from Marine Corps Systems Command won the Donald Roebling Award for acquisition innovation Nov. 4 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va....
Story by Monique Randolph | Marine Corps Systems Command | 09.03.2013
Marine Corps Systems Command is conducting a survey to ask Marines what they think of a black all-weather coat, or AWC. The coat would replace the current pewter AWC. The survey began Aug. 31 and will continue through Sept. 27....
