US Marines with 3d Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, alongside Philippine Airmen with 960th Air and Missile Defense Group, have concluded one of six Combined Joint All-Domain Operations (CJADO) events during Exercise Balikatan 25. The Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) was held at Naval Station Leovigildo Gantioqui from April 25 – 27 and included live- and dry-fire demonstrations from the US. Marine Corps, US Army, and Philippine Air Force’s counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) weapon systems.
US Marines with the 3d LAAB’s GBAD Battery demonstrated the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS), mounted on a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), which integrates multiple weapons into a single, highly mobile platform designed for low-altitude air defence. The MADIS system is equipped with machine guns, chain guns, and air-to-air launchers, allowing gunners to detect, track, identify, and engage a variety of UAS using different missiles. The system is designed to rapidly displace after completing a C-UAS mission, enabling it to remain mobile and flexible for operations in dynamic, contested environments.
Other primary weapon systems employed during the IAMD were the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), the US Army’s AN/TWQ-1 Avenger, and the Philippine Air Force’s Surface-to-Air Python and Derby – Medium Range (SPYDER-MR) missile system.
The wider Balikatan 25 exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the US military.continues until May 9 across the Philippine archipelago.
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