DoDIN-Approved Cisco Tactical Networking at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC
MCAS Cherry Point, near Havelock, North Carolina, is the Marine Corps' largest air station on the East Coast, hosting the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and Fleet Readiness Center East — a major aviation depot performing heavy maintenance on Marine and Navy aircraft. It combines an operational flying wing with an industrial-scale depot maintenance mission on one installation.
- DoDIN APL
- TAA
- FIPS 140-3
- STIG
Mission-ready Cisco for Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Supporting U.S. Marine Corps expeditionary and garrison network modernization at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock with DoDIN APL-approved Cisco Catalyst switching and ruggedized edge routing built to deploy.
What buying Cisco at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point looks like
The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, comprising four aircraft groups plus an air control group and an engineer group, gives Cherry Point a flightline and airfield operations network footprint typical of a Marine Corps air station. Fleet Readiness Center East adds a second, distinct requirement: depot-level maintenance runs on OT and industrial control networks that need to be segmented from operational and administrative traffic, with their own uptime and security expectations tied to aircraft maintenance schedules rather than deployment cycles.
As host installation for Commander Marine Corps Air Bases East under Marine Corps Installations East, Cherry Point's network buyers typically work GPC for small purchases and GSA Schedule, Navy ePS, or SEWP for larger IT and infrastructure buys, with DoDIN APL and STIG compliance required before any device connects. The depot's industrial floor is a natural fit for hardened Catalyst switching with segmentation via Cisco Secure Firewall, while airfield operations and administrative buildings lean on standard Catalyst Wi-Fi and ISE-based access control — two very different network profiles under one installation commander.
How to buy
The purchasing paths we support today, so your acquisition team can move fast and compliant. Our GSA Multiple Award Schedule application is in progress.
- GPC / Government Purchase Card (direct)
- Simplified Acquisition (SAP, FAR Part 13)
- FAR-based purchase orders (open market)
- GSA eBuy
- WAWF / PIEE invoicing
- GSA MAS — application in progress
Compliance documented up front — on the quote, not after award.
- DoDIN APL
- TAA
- FIPS 140-3
- STIG
Cisco platforms for the Marine Corps
Catalyst 9300 / 9400 Series
DoDIN APL ASLAN campus switching
Ruggedized edge routers (ASR / NCS 540)
Expeditionary, hardened edge
ASR 1000 Series
WAN aggregation & SD-WAN edge
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
Zero Trust access control
Cisco Secure Firewall
Segmentation & threat defense
Need a specific SKU or a full bill of materials? Request a quote — we source the entire Cisco catalog, with TAA-compliant options.
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point procurement FAQ
Q1Does Fleet Readiness Center East procure network equipment separately from the flying squadrons?
Often yes — FRC East operates as a Naval aviation depot with its own maintenance and industrial systems requirements, so a network project for the depot floor may run through a different acquisition and security review path than a request from a 2nd MAW flying squadron, even on the same installation.
Q2What's the right approach for segmenting depot OT networks from base IT?
Depot maintenance systems typically warrant firewall-based segmentation separating industrial control and maintenance-data traffic from general base IT and administrative networks — Cisco Secure Firewall with defined access policies between zones is a common architecture for this kind of split at an aviation depot.
Q3Are there different compliance requirements for airfield versus depot equipment?
The DoDIN APL and STIG baseline applies uniformly to anything connecting to the network, but airfield and depot equipment often differ in ruggedization needs — depot floor switching may need industrial temperature and vibration ratings that a standard administrative building deployment does not.
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