What's the firepower like for the Army's new rifle?
Units with 101st Airborne Division and 75th Ranger Regiment are testing the weapons now.
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Units with 101st Airborne Division and 75th Ranger Regiment are testing the weapons now.
The new rifle and automatic rifle will fire a never-before-fielded 6.8 mm round.
An estimated 250,000 optics will be delivered over the next decade to close combat troops.
Sig Sauer Shows off Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon Submission Sig Sauer feels they have a dominating submission to the Army's futuristic new Next Generation Squad Weapons program. Designed to replace 5.56 NATO caliber small arms – M4 series carbines and M249 Squad Automatic Weapons – in frontline use with new platforms sharing a common 6.8mm cartridge, the NGSW program has been underway since 2018. Currently, Sig Sauer is one of three teams, along with Maryland-based AAI Corporation/Textron Systems and Vermont-based General Dynamics-Ordnance & Tactical Systems, vying for the con...