Marines refresh training range regulations to incorporate unmanned fleet

By Lee Hudson / February 16, 2018 at 6:00 PM
The Marine Corps is updating training range regulations to incorporate the use of unmanned systems, a move that was recommended following the first phase of Sea Dragon 2025. Brig. Gen. Christian Wortman, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory commanding general, told reporters Feb. 13 that the legacy training regulations do not account for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. "We have traditional airspace coordination and deconfliction that needs to be developed and refined," he said at the Pentagon. "This experimentation gave us...

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