systems, the Army announced on April 19 that Sig’s XM5 rifle was chosen to replace the M4/M4A1 carbine, and the belt-fed XM250, variously referred to as an automatic rifle and a light machine gun, is the planned replacement for the M249 squad automatic weapon within the close combat ...
The Army will receive initial prototypes of its next-generation squad weapons (NGSW) in spring2020, with plans to provide feedback this fall to the three vendors selected for the prototypeprogram to finalize design reviews.Last week, the Army said it selected Textron Systems [TXT], General ...
A Soldier fires the unsuppressed Sig Sauer XM7 Rifle with Vortex XM157 Fire Control from the standing position during a controllability trial of the Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) Production Soldier Tough Point at Aberdeen Proving Ground, November 2022. Credit: US Army. As part of its tra...
We’re honored to announce that the US Army – PM Soldier Lethality awarded Vortex®an agreement to deliver the Next Generation Squad Weapon-Fire Control (NGSW-FC) Production Ready Prototypes for Soldier TouchPoint (STP) evaluations. As a direct-view optic, the 1-8×30 Active Reticle™ Fir...
A notice was issued at the end of January by the U.S. Army Contracting Command seekingproposalsfor prototypes in its "Next Generation Squad Weapons" (NGSW) project. The government plans to allow up to three contractors to develop two weapon variants under the scheme, intend...
Weapon Systems Hunt Valley, Maryland. August 30, 2019 –TextronSystems,a business of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), announced today its selection by the U.S. Army’s Project Manager Soldier Weapons as one of three organizations to deliver Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) ba...
The prospect of hitting an enemy with 5.56-millimeter rounds from an M4 or M249 and not stopping him led the Army to launch its Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program in 2018. Last April, the Army selected SIG Sauer to provide the new M7 Squad Weapon and M250 Squad Automatic Weapo...
作者: M Beinart 摘要: The Army on Thursday announced it will hold an industry day in late March to detail requirements for its Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) fire control capability, with a prototype opportunity notice to drop two weeks before the event. 年份: 2019 收藏...
The gun that will replace both the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and the M16/M4 rifle/carbine weapons — and add a new, widely distributed caliber to the U.S. military inventory for the first time in decades — is less than two years away. The Next Generation Squad Weapon finished its firs...
“While advanced technology demonstrations — in this case, related to the Next Generation Squad Weapon and unmanned ground vehicles — allow us to explore the realm of the possible when it comes to transformative capabilities for future combat formations, they don’t necessarily represent or result...