US Marines order more smart fire control systems

The UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS (USMC) has placed a further order for SMARTSHOOTER's SMASH 2000L fire control systems. The Marine Corps is procuring the SMASH 2000L as an interim capability to address its urgent requirement for dismounted Counter-small-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) solutions. 

The USMC gained hands-on experience with the system through earlier testing, and this latest order represents the next step towards full adoption across the entire Marine Corps of the SMARTSHOOTER fire control system. The SMASH 2000L leverages artificial intelligence, computer vision, and advanced tracking algorithms to enable dismounted forces to detect, track, and precisely eliminate aerial and ground threats. Especially effective against drones and sUAS, the system aims to provide a reliable and combat-proven hard-kill solution to the urgent battlefield threat posed by small drones.

Initially tested and selected by the U.S. Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) and the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) (formally known as the Counter-Terrorism Technical Support Office) as the kinetic solution for squad-level counter-drone missions, the SMASH system has already been fielded by U.S. Special Forces, the Marine Corps, and several NATO allies.

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