As the Marine Corps plans to acquire 190 MADIS and 21 L-MADIS units by FY29, the system is poised to become a critical component in countering evolving drone threats in coastal and battlefield ...

Kevin G. Rivas/Marine Corps) By fall 2024, Marine Corps low altitude air defense battalions will begin receiving a powerful new weapon: Marine air defense integrated systems, or L-MADIS ...

MADIS delivers critical defense-oriented capabilities to the USMC and ensures the increased survivability of its formations, being able to work in conjunction with NMESIS by giving it time to ...

Madis is an upgraded version of the older L-Madis that was developed for ship defense and used successfully in 2019 when it shot down an Iranian UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), otherwise known as a ...

A conventional Marine infantry regiment can contain up to 2,200 Marines. A light version of the MADIS, aptly named the L-MADIS, saw its operational debut in July 2019, when Marines aboard the ...

A Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS, fires at an unmanned aircraft system during its first live-fire training exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, in January. (Sgt.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alina Thackray A Gatling gun mounted on a JLTV, part of the MADIS counter-drone system. LMADIS is a part of the Marine Corps air defense artillery branch and is ...

The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment recently fielded the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS, and fired it for the first time in January at its home station in Hawaii. They brought MADIS ...