The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has declared that it is on course to stand up its third unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) squadron this coming September 12.

Unmanned Aerial Squadron (VMU) 3 will be based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) at Twentynine Palms in California. Additionally, it is being created to provide additional reconnaissance capability as well as assisting in the training of ground units.

According to a U.S Marine Corps representative, VMU-3 will rotate during training and on deployment with VMU-2, which is also based at MCAGCC, and VMU-1, and also based of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point in North Carolina.