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MARCORSYSCOM: Open, Scalable Designs For Weapons Programs Key

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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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By Emelie RutherfordModular and open-system designs can help the Marine Corps as it looks to build multi-use systems for morphing warfare environments, the executive director of the service' equipment-buying command said recently. John Burrow, the executive director of Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM), said in August at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., that one of the main challenges for his acquisition shop is creating "multi-mission, multi-environment" weapon systems. That means systems "that can operate anywhere in the world, any time…

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