Throughout 2025, NIWC Atlantic delivered the MADIS drone-defense system to the Marine Corps. Leveraging lessons from the MRAP era, engineers used rapid prototyping and modular design to integrate advanced weapons and sensors onto JLTVs. This streamlined approach accelerates the fielding of lethal, connected technology to the modern warfighter.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Two Marines from Marine Corps Forces Space Command (MARFORSPACE) were honored at the U.S. Space Command’s annual Apollo Awards during a ceremony held on February 19, 2026. Maj. Austin J. Oubre and Sgt. James Zsoka were recognized for their contributions to space operations, technology development, and their direct support to U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM).
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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A U.S. Marine places a broken Mobile User Object System (MOUS) on a shelf, the fiberglass of the MOUS antenna mast brittle and weakened from use and exposure. It sits next to dozens of others, all unusable because of one flaw.
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“For me, it always comes back to discipline and mastering the fundamentals because if we are not consistent in the basics, nothing else we do will hold up under pressure,” said U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Lonnie D. Stowers, the senior enlisted leader of Charlie Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division.
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