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The future of close combat for the U.S. Army is changing dramatically ... the M4A1 Carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon ...

The U.S. Army's chief of staff said Monday that ... "The weapons include the Next Generation Squad Weapon-Rifle (NGSW-R) and the Next Generation Squad Weapon-Automatic Rifle (NGSW-AR)." ...

The M249 Squad ... Rifle (BAR) during the 1950s because interim automatic weapons (e.g. M-14E2/M16A1) had failed as viable "base of fire" weapons. Early in the SAW's fielding, the Army identified ...

The Army is eyeing a pair of new suppressors as part of its much-anticipated Next Generation Squad Weapon program ... at the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting in October ...

In a massive fillip to small arms, the U.S. Army has awarded a 10-year ... service’s efforts to replace the venerable M4 rifle and the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. One of the goals is a common ...

On Wednesday, Army Contracting Command dropped a formal Prototype Project Opportunity Notice calling on industry partners to send in two variants — the Next Generation Squad Weapon-Rifle (NGSW-R ...

Selected by the U.S. Army for specific use with the XM157 optic aboard its Next Generation Squad Weapon competition winners ...

Though it’s been sixty-five years since the M1 Garand ceased to be the standard-issue infantry rifle of the U.S. Army, her legacy and popularity still live on to this day. The M1 Garand was name ...