In the early 1990s the US Army began the search for a disposable Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon. McDonnell Douglas offered a lighter, disposable version of the Mk 153, taking the Mk 153’s High Explosive, Dual Purpose warhead and pairing it with shorter burn rocket. In 1996 the...
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, in...
It can also carried by foot soldiers such as US Army Rangers. When mounted on a tripod and fitted with a spade grip trigger and suitable sight, the M240 can be used in sustained-fire mode and used as an indrect fire area weapon.M240B Specifications ...
Introduction In January 1939, Major General Henry H. Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Corps stated: 1 “All of us in the Army Air Corps realize that America owes its present prestige and standing in the air world in large measure to the money, time, and effort expended in aeronautical ...
Soldiers assigned to the 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System), North Carolina Army National Guard, fire a M142 HIMARS light multiple rocket launcher during a live fire exercise at Drawsko Pomorski Training Area, Poland, during Exercise Anakonda 16 Ju...
When fitted with suitable optics, the LB becomes a light sniper rifle and will fit into the niche currently occupied by the MK 12 SPR. FNH USAA US Army Rangerwith B Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, fires a MK 16 SCAR-L at a close quarter marksmanship range. It is fitted...
Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Gainey said during adiscussion at the Hudson Institute. As a result, Ukraine has a “low-cost defeat” system. The U.S., he added, should “find a way” of integrating “that type of low-cost capability into our system. We should be able to ...
In September 2024, the US Army and BAE Systems finalised a $440m contract to produce more Bradley fighting vehicles. The award covers the production of more than 200 A4 variants, which will be delivered to the US Army as modernised replacements for some of the Bradleys supplied by the US ...
Kris Osborn is the President of Warrior Maven – Center for Military Modernization and Osborn previously served at the Pentagon as a Highly Qualified Expert with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army—Acquisition, Logistics & Technology. Osborn has also worked as an anchor and on-air...