Marines greenlight mobile Iron Dome launcher development, seek 2025 prototype fielding - Breaking...

Following a trio of live-fire tests that wrapped up last year, the Marine Corps recently approved the next stage of development for a mobile air defense capability based in part on Israel’s famed Iron Dome system, a program official told Breaking Defense.

The Corps’ Milestone Decision Authority met on Dec. 13, 2022 and approved the Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) program to move forward with the certification process, according to Barbara Hamby, a spokesperson for the USMC Program Executive Officer (PEO) Land Systems.