Marines perform first production model MADIS live fire

Marines perform first production model MADIS live fire

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18 January 2024

by Meredith Roaten

US marines with Marine Corps Systems Command fire a Stinger Missile from the Marine Air Defense Integrated System at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona on 13 December 2023. (US Marine Corps )

Marines recently got their hands on a Marine Air-Defense Integrated System (MADIS) for the first live fire of an initial rate production model, US Marine Corps (USMC) officials announced on 11 January.

As one of the marine’s central air-defence capabilities, MADIS is being developed to take on the threat of advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other aircraft alongside paired up with the Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC).

The system is on track for the first fielding to the 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion (LAAD) by November 2023, Marine Corps Systems Command spokesperson Morgan Blackstock told
Janes
on 17 January.



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