The Marine Corps is using a mobile air defense system to protect amphibious warships from drones and other aerial threats, according to a service spokesperson, who told Inside Defense the recently developed capability now deploys with each Marine Expeditionary Unit as part its Low Altitude Air Defense detachment. The Light Marine Air Defense Integrated Systems (L-MADIS) capability, which was developed in-house by the Marine Corps’ ground-based air defense program office, consists of a "fighting pair" of Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicles...
