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Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Kilo Company send shutouts back home from South Korea while forward deployed from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to 3rd Marine Division, based in Okinawa, Japan.

Squad X is a multiyear Department of Defense program sponsored by DARPA to identify emerging technologies and facilitate their development for military use.

The Joint Deployable Analysis Team, also known as JDAT, recently supported the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command’s Maneuver Battle Lab by enhancing their assessment process for testing Squad capabilities.

The Maneuver Battle Lab is responsible for infantry capabilities development under TRADOC’s Maneuver Center of Excellence, the project lead for this DARPA-sponsored initiative.

Over the course of several events held at Fort Benning, Georgia, JDAT collected digital and voice data passed between systems from the infantry Company through subordinate SQD levels and assisted in the analysis effort.

The assessment will provide observations, findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the U.S. Army and the DOD regarding new technology initiatives and their contribution to improve dismounted infantry SQD mission performance.

This year’s program will establish a baseline capability to compare against future experimental technologies employed by dismounted infantry SQDs.

Scout Snipers, Reconnaissance Marines, Infantry Marines, Drill instructors, Dog handlers, military working dogs, Machine Gunners and Technical Engineers are all shown in this moto-style video.

Current U.S. integrated air and missile defense capabilities are not keeping pace with the rapidly evolving unmanned aerial systems threat and require both materiel and non-materiel solutions to mitigate warfighter capability gaps.

BLACK DART is an annual field demonstration of current and emergent Counter-UAS technologies sponsored by the Joint Staff J8 Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization also known as JIAMDO.

As the Black Dart 2016 lead assessment organization, the Joint Staff J6 Joint Deployable Analysis Team, also known as JDAT, collected data to answer two main questions:

1- Can current fielded systems counter UAS threats?

2- And, what is the capability or potential of non-Program of Record systems to enhance counter UAS operations?

The live-fly, live-fire demonstration took place in late 2016 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida and the surrounding land and sea ranges with over 900 personnel in attendance including participants from Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. BLACK DART demonstrations began in 2010 and are the only Joint and partner nation Department of Defense counter UAS events.

The JDAT Black Dart Report will include detailed findings on systems’ abilities to detect, track, identify, and negate unmanned aircraft systems to support Joint and Combined warfighter capabilities and make our forces more connected, survivable, and lethal on the battlefield.

a. Execute live-fly, live-fire C-UAS technology demonstrations to assess and validate existing and emerging IAMD capabilities.

b. Present emerging solutions to inform requirements decision making.

c. Identify and develop IAMD operational concepts, system interoperability, and operational architectures for the C-UAS mission set.

d. Advocate for warfighters’ desired C-UAS capabilities and affordable, integrated solutions.

e. Identify C-UAS capability gaps for IAMD

f. Identify promising materiel and non-materiel solutions for C-UAS operations:

g. Investigate new methods for UAS Combat Identification (CID)

h. Improve completeness of the shared air picture with respect to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs)

i. Develop C-UAS non-kinetic negation methods and techniques

j. Promote and integrate interagency participation and capabilities

k. Promote foreign/partner nation observer participation and coordination.

The demonstration will include Program of Record (POR) as well as non-POR C-UASs demonstrating capabilities and/or collecting data in support of proprietary C-UAS development. Onsite data collection supports real-time feedback, opportunities for participant feedback, and becomes the basis for formal analysis at the conclusion of the demonstration.

In order to align with warfighter needs, JIAMDO coordinated with the combatant commands and Services to prioritize capability gaps related to C-UAS.

A U.S. Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) conducts an aerial refuel in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) near Welton, Ariz., Oct. 5, 2017. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1 cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Aviation in support of a Marine Air Ground Task Force. MAWTS-1 provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. AaronJames Vinculado)

U.S. Marines attending Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) conduct the Offensive Air Support (OAS) 7 exercise during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) at Yodaville, Ariz., Oct. 3, 2017. The OAS exercise is designed to focus on the integration of all air combat element aviation assets with a developed ground scheme of maneuver to conduct close air support. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron (MAWTS-1) cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Air Ground Task Force. MAWTS-1 provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. AaronJames Vinculado)

U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 (HMLA-367) offload an AH-1W Cobra from a C-17 Globemaster III during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 1-18 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Sept. 6, 2017. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Air Ground Task Force. MAWTS-1 provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. AaronJames Vinculado)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marquis Thurman an Aircraft Ordnance Technician with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 (VMFA (AW)-242) Marine Aircraft Group 12 (MAG-12), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) operates an air launch weapons loader during a F/A-18 Hornet hot load exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Sept. 20, 2017. During Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-18 (WTI 1-18). WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps Aviation in support of a Marine Air Ground Task Force and provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assist in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc Lisa Collins.)

A F-35B Lightning II fires an AIM 120 AMRAMM missile for the first time during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 1-18 in Yuma, AZ, on Sept. 21, 2017. WTI is a seven week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) cadre which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine Air Ground Task Force. MAWTS-1 provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps video)

U.S. Marines attached to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One conducted digitally aided close air support in support of an Instructor pilot warm-up exercise during Weapons and Tactics Instructors course 1-18 (WTI 1-18) at Chocolate Mountain, Calif., on September 22, 2017. WTI is a seven week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron (MAWTS-1) cadre which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps Aviation in support of a Marine Air Ground Task Force. MAWTS-1 provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Charnelle A. Smith)