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After two weeks of instruction and one week of testing March 8 to 26 at Fort Jackson, S.C., three Maneuver Support Center of Excellence drill sergeants successfully demonstrated their knowledge of warrior tasks and battle drills.
6.8 TVCM composite-cased cartridges. (Photo: True Velocity) Texas-based companies team up to design and produce solutions for US Army force modernisation programmes. Texas-based Lonestar Future Weapons on 12 April announced a strategic partnership with composite-cased ammunition manufacturer True Velocity, as part of a bid for the US Army Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) programme. The US Army aims for NGSW to replace its M4/M16 5.56x45mm rifle and the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) with new rifles firing 6.8mm rounds to provide increased range, stopping power and body armour penetra...
Share this article Share this article ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The military embedded systems market size is projected to grow from USD 1.4 billion in 2020 to USD 2.1 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 8.3% from 2020 to 2025. Various improvements in integrated circuits and processor technologies have led to a decline in the overall hardware costs associated with embedded systems. Adoption of modern blade servers is growing, especially in network-centric military applications. Military electronic equipment has undergone tremendous advancements during the past few years. Some of the key req...
Right now, top Army officials are evaluating three finalists for an initial contract of about 100,000 weapons as part of their Next Generation Squad Weapons program. Compared with its main international rival, the equally storied Russian AK-47, the M-4 has long been considered a more accurate but more prickly firearm, an “excellent weapon if you can maintain it,” as one defense publication once put it. The Army’s modernization strategy considers the Next Generation Squad Weapons program as one of its top priorities. A 2013 competition involving eight manufacturers concluded that none of...
US Marines Corps/Lance Cpl. Kolby Leger Marines and soldiers can expect to field an array of new weapons and gear in 2021. With the end of 2020 fast approaching, it's officially that wonderful time of the year when we can stop, take stock of our lives, and look ahead to what 2021 holds for us — and in the case of US military personnel in close combat roles, it's a slew of new weapons and gear for a boost in delicious, delicious lethality. Here's a look ahead at some of the fresh gear soldiers and Marines can expect to find in their arsenals in the coming years.