The companies must deliver the prototype vehicle by 2025.
The hospital where the Marines were sent had been planning a mass-casualty response training for the day of the real-life emergency.
The island of Mindanao has been reeling from the effects of heavy rain, displacing an estimated 795,000 people.
Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, whose promotion had been among hundreds blocked by one senator, took over III Marine Expeditionary Force on Friday.
The company won the handgun, rifle and automatic rifle, 6.8mm rifle contracts and is competing for the medium machine gun replacement.
Another littoral regiment is planned for Guam in 2025.
The landing ship medium will be the Corps' first modern stern landing vessel.
In 2024, the United States and Japan plan to spend more than $1 billion on construction at Camp Blaz, Guam.
The aircraft involved were the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter and the UH-1Y Venom utility helicopter.
Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division will be the first to field the new weapons and optics.
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