U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zachary Voorhees, a small unmanned aircraft system operator with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines operates a Skydio X2D during a small unmanned aerial systems training (sUAS) on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 6, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert Blanks)
Over the last year, the amphibious service has expanded its drone efforts through procurement, training, experimentation and testing in hopes of making unmanned systems ubiquitous across the…
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Shay Burnett, an instructor with Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry – East, and a native of Texas, controls a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system during a kinetic first-person view drone range on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 12, 2025. The range was conducted to validate a scalable, repeatable methodology for enabling FPV strike operations and used as a reference to support cost-effective training and eventual kinetic employment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Zachariah Ferraro)
Base Operations screenshot showing threat intelligence and AI-powered predictive analytics around Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, Maryland. (Source: Base Operations)
Shield AI contractors prepares the Vertical-BAT to launch aboard amphibious docking landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), Jan. 23, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Marcela Diazdeleon)
U.S. Marines assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command conduct training with the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 12, 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Melissa Marnell)
