WASHINGTON - The U.S. Marine Corps plans to begin fielding its new Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) systems to operational units this June, according to Col. Bradley Sams, program manager of Ground Weapons Systems. The upcoming deployment will mark the first distribution of both inert training variants and live warheads to undisclosed units, following ongoing system testing at Dugway Proving Grounds outside of Salt Lake City.
Designed to equip dismounted infantry squads with portable, beyond-line-of-sight precision strike capabilities, the systems originate from contracts awarded in 2024. Since those initial awards, Anduril and Teledyne have secured follow-on contracts to deliver more than 600 systems each, providing the Bolt-M and Rogue 1 systems, respectively. A third vendor, Aerovironment (now AV), which supplies the Switchblade 300 Block 20, declined to comment on whether it had received further contract awards.
To guide the rollout, the Marine Corps is incorporating lessons from the Army’s Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO) program. Simultaneously, the service is moving to expand its loitering munitions capabilities. The Marines recently issued a request for white papers for a medium variant, OPF-M, remaining open to various configurations in hopes of awarding production contracts by fiscal year 2028.
