The US Army has conducted a combined live-fire exercise at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, integrating high-energy laser systems with ...

Since their inception in the 1950s at Fort Bragg, the US Army’s Green Berets have been one of the most elite fighting units ...

BAE Systems’ Elgin facility assembles advanced M109-52 Howitzers, supporting Army readiness and delivering $82M in economic ...

The Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry Division delivered major gains against the New People’s Army in Samar Island from May to June this year after the death as well as surrender of several rebels, and ...

For example, during mid-2020 a Chinese firm presented a new semi-automatic 35mm grenade launcher that is magazine-fed, uses a computerized sight and computer-programmed shells. This appears to be a ...

U.S. Army Pfc. Bryan Lamas, of the 25th Infantry Division, aims an M250 machine gun while training in Aparri, ... designed to replace the long-serving M249 squad automatic weapon, ...

The XM7 is the Army’s replacement for the M4 while the XM250 will replace the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. Both new weapons are chambered in 6.8mm, a larger and more powerful round than the ...

Troops fired the XM7 rifle and XM250 automatic rifle, part of the Next Generation Squad Weapon program, at the Cold Regions Test Center at Fort Greeley, Alaska, according to an Army release.

While these weapons are still undergoing testing and evaluation, they are expected to eventually replace the Army issued M4A1 Carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. (Here is a look at how ...

Last April, the Army awarded a contract to Sig Sauer to produce the Next Generation Squad Weapon — or NGSW — XM7 Rifle, XM250 Automatic Rifle and a 6.8mm family of ammunition to replace the ...

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The Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle and automatic rifle variants, chambered in 6.8 mm, mark the first substantial change to U.S. military small arms since the adoption of the M16 in 1964.