Marine Corps eyes night-vision goggles, rifle electro-optics, anti-tank rockets as top infantry priorities
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The U.S. Marine Corps is embarking on a major effort to equip infantrymen with a slew of new technologies as the military faces great power competition with Russia and China. National Defense magazine reports. Continue reading original article
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23 Sept. 2019 -- “We are undergoing probably the largest modernization in the infantry squad in the last 25 years,” said Lt. Col. Tim Hough, program manager for infantry weapons at Marine Corps Systems Command’s ground combat element systems division.
Everything from electro-optics to the weapons themselves are getting revamped, he said during a panel discussion at the National Defense Industrial Association’s annual Armament Systems Forum last June in Fredericksburg, Va.
The overhaul will significantly change how the Marine Corps fights and maneuvers on the battlefield, as well as increase the lethality of infantrymen, he added. A top priority for the infantry weapon program office is the new L3Harris Technologies dual-tube, white phosphorus squad binocular night-vision goggles.
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