Marines will spend nearly $1B to develop littoral warfighting, upgrade tactical systems

The Marine Corps is pouring $269 million into a secretive project to upgrade the service’s tactical systems to better integrate across agencies, and another $715 million to design and test its new littoral warfighting systems.The two five-year research and development contracts, totalling roughly $1 billion, went to technology solutions company ManTech, according to a Dec. 3 release from the contractor.The integration contract, led by the deputy commandant for information’s office, w