At a time when the Ukrainian military has shocked the world with its use of unmanned aerial drones, such as the Turkish Bayraktar TB2, the US Marine Corps is slowly moving towards the pinnacle milestone for its new expeditionary, air surveillance radar. Following its successful test as part of the Marine Corps’ Medium-Range Intercept Capability earlier this year, the Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar, or G/ATOR, has received multiples plaudits from the highest ranks of the Marine Corps, including just this week from the service’s second highest ranking officer, Gen. Eric Smith, who called the program a “phenomenal success story.”