“If we can connect all those things, we can move faster than the adversary,” Glavy said. The Marine Corps has data as well as the storage and computational power to support it, but still relies on industry for algorithms and analytics to make the most of that information. Matthew Glavy, the deputy commandant for information, wants to accelerate investments in connecting sources of data to those who could use it. His command also wants to use artificial intelligence to inform requirements and demand signals for spare parts and other supplies. He also said his command is trying to quicken the pace on determining which goods to pre-position, plus where and how many. Mahoney cited NMESIS - the Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System - which is a long-range anti-ship missile launcher affixed to the back of an unmanned truck, noting the program is doing well in its cost, schedule and performance, and Marines would receive the technology by the third quarter of this year. “Just about every program that is directly associated with the leading edge of Force Design, we are trying to - last year was accelerate, this year is accelerate and fortify,” he said, which means not only moving faster but ensuring the whole government and industry participants can support fielding new technologies at scale. Christopher Mahoney, the deputy commandant for programs and resources, told Defense News he and his team are doing what they can on the money side.

He told Defense News afterward that he wants to accelerate the development and fielding of sensors and weapons that can find, track and kill enemy targets surface connectors and other means of transporting Marines and supplies in and around the Pacific theater and advances in logistics and sustainment.

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