The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) spearheads innovation and force modernization efforts during Exercise Steel Knight 25 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 19, 2025. The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory/Futures Directorate examines future operating environments to generate threat-informed operating concepts and capabilities and, through experimentation, provide analytically supported recommendations to inform future force design and development activities. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Michael Bartman)
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While over 25,000 troops from allied nations converge on the arctic for the Norwegian-led Cold Response 2026 (CORE26) exercise, a specialized team from the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) is focused on a very specific mission: pressure-testing the future of expeditionary medicine in one of the world's most unforgiving environments.
Under the leadership of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory the Joint First-Person View Working Group has succeeded in adding the Neros Archer FPV drone to the Blue UAS List marking the first time an FPV drone has achieved this status, a significant milestone not just for the Marine Corps but for the entire DoD.
