Marine Corps Looking to Fill Munitions Gaps MARINE CORPS NEWS
12/17/2020
Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Skiver
The Marine Corps is looking to industry to help fill munitions capability gaps to keep pace with near-peer threats, a service official said.
“Right now, the USMC really needs to address the shortfalls in . capability gaps, and in doing so we do need the assistance of industry,” said Chief Warrant Officer Chad Cason, the service’s medium calibers and small arms project officer. “Now is when we’re starting to reimagine the Marine Corps as a small agile force.”
A number of the ammunition programs are beginning to refocus to meet the Commandant’s Planning Guidance, Cason said during the virtual Joint Armaments, Robotics and Munitions conference, which was organized by the National Defense Industrial Association.