The United States Marine Corps has announced that Marines with the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion have tested their newest ground-based air defense system, the Light Sea-Based Air Defense Integrated System.
According to a press release from the Marines, LMADIS provides the 2nd LAAD and the Marine Corps with the ability to intercept and disable drone systems.
The growing use of commercial drones for offensive warfare means that the Marines must adapt their ground-based air defense capabilities. LMADIS helps mitigate threats by disrupting the electronic signals between the UAS and its controller.
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“Due to the current drone threat, we need an expeditionary system that will counter it. LMADIS serves as a system that can be deployed immediately and attached to units that need UAS resistance,” said Staff Sergeant. Dustin Yonkings, an AD carry of the LAAD of the 2nd LAAD said.
“With the continued growth of commercial drones, one thing that won’t change is the frequency needed to be used to control any drone,” said Sergeant of the Marines Staff. US War said. Dustin Yonkings, a LAAD AD carry in the 2nd LAAD.
LMADIS uses electronic weapons on a lightweight and compact chassis, the Polaris MRZR, allowing LMADIS to be deployed to harsh environments via air transport.
“The difference is the expeditionary aspect of it being able to be put on a plane to be used for a variety of missions… [such as] Yonkings said the CH-53E Super Stallions, CH-53K King Stallions and MV-22B Ospreys.
LMADIS uses two Polaris MRZRs, one acting as the brain and the other acting as the muscles. Together, they contain the CM262U optics, which act as the ‘eyes’ of the system; radar RPS-42 and Skyview MP, providing 360-degree aerial surveillance and long-range drone detection; Modi II, a detachable electronic warfare system used to disrupt enemy drones and communications; and the AN/PRC-158 multichannel radio system, allowing the LMADIS to communicate anything it could detect with the military in the vicinity and the command at the rear.
“Due to the current drone threat, we need an expeditionary system that will counter it. LMADIS serves as a system that can be deployed immediately and attached to units that need UAS resistance,” said Yonkings.
In line with the Marine Corps’ Design Force 2030 modernization efforts, the Marines have activated a third firing battery for each LAAD battalion to better support the Fleet’s Marine Forces. . The 2nd LAAD, a unit of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, was the first battalion in the Marines to activate their third battery.
