Ground Based Air Defense

Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) is a procurement initiative under the Navy's appropriation for Marine Corps guided missiles and equipment. The program aims to provide the Marine Littoral Regiment, Marine Expeditionary Unit, and other deployable Marine Air Ground Task Force elements with an organic, mobile, 360-degree expeditionary, upgradable, and state-of-the-art fully integrated Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) capability. This capability will protect maneuver forces, installations, and other designated critical assets from Fixed/Rotary Wing (FW/RW) aircraft and Group 1-3 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The program's end goal is to enhance the Fleet Marine Forces' ground-based air defense capability to rapidly prosecute aerial threats and expand layered defense in depth to the Fleet Marine Forces and supported Naval forces.

The GBAD program includes multiple Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Force Design priority programs such as the Marine Air Defense Integrated System Family of Systems (MADIS FoS), Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System (L-MADIS), Installations Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (I-CsUAS), and Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC). These programs are designed to provide various air defense capabilities to support deployed forces against subsonic/supersonic cruise missiles, UAS, and other aerial threats. The GBAD program also focuses on integrating new technologies onto vehicles such as Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) to enhance air defense capabilities. Overall, the program aims to align with Joint C-sUAS Office efforts and contribute to Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment (LOCE) and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO).