Generation Squad Weapon News Today

Army Futures Command is considering outfitting a Ghost Robotics-made Vision 60 Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle with a Sig Sauer XM7 rifle adopted under the service’s Next Generation Squad Weapon program.

An estimated 250,000 optics will be delivered over the next decade to close combat troops.

The US Army has selected American arms manufacturer Sig Sauer to produce and deliver next-generation squad weapons and ammunition.

Vortex Optics has been awarded a contract by the US military to produce approximately 250,000 Next Generation Squad Weapon optics.

US Army/Dan Lafontaine Despite the disruptions of 2020, Army modernization officials have been testing new, longer-range and more precise infantry weapon systems. Theyve also announced efforts that could lead to future machine guns, precision grenade launchers and possibly even hand-held directed energy weapons. Here are a few of the weapons systems that soldiers could soon be wearing and carrying. Despite all the disruptions of 2020, Army modernization officials h...

Heres a look at five weapons-related programs Military.com has reported on this year: Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division used the latest prototype of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) during a trench clearing exercise in October at Fort Pickett, Virginia. The event was part of a larger Soldier Touchpoint, the third major milestone in the development and testing of the IVAS, which will undergo one more STP in the spring before initial fielding next year. (U.S. Army Photo by ...