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National Defense
July 2005
Frank Colucci
Custom-Designed Rifle Aims to Fit Commandos' Special Needs U.S. special operations forces this summer will begin testing a new assault rifle, which is expected to be more accurate and less cumbersome than current weapons. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2013
Dan Parsons
Industry Shooting for Army's First New Rifle in Half Century The M16's streak as the longest-running standard U.S. infantry rifle could be ended later this year when the Army announces results from two years of sorting through candidates for the "individual carbine" competition. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2005
Harold Kennedy
Special Operators Setting Pace for New Small Arms The U.S. Special Operations Command is accelerating efforts to develop a new generation of small arms. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2015
Jim Schatz
U.S. Military Losing Edge in Small Arms The current U.S. Army small arms development and acquisition system is dysfunctional and virtually unworkable, even for those within the system. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
July 14, 2008
Erik Sofge
Top 5 High-Tech Guns for Next-Gen Infantry Reviews of five new weapons technologies are provided mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2013
Dan Parsons
Outdated Weapons Bring Calls for Speedier Upgrades The average age of a small-arms weapon in use by the Army is more than 30 years, far older than most of the soldiers who rely on them in combat. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2005
Harold Kennedy
Back to the Drawing Board: Army Rewrites Small Arms Plans Army leaders have concluded that the service's current inventory of small arms is ill suited to the guerrilla wars that U.S. ground forces now are fighting. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2004
Harold Kennedy
SOCOM Looking for Next-Generation Weapon The U.S. Special Operations Command is looking for a next-generation assault rifle. The command expects to award a contract for a Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle in November, according to spokesman Chet Justice. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2004
Harold Kennedy
Army Tests New Rifle That Could Replace M16, M4 The U.S. Army is testing a new, lightweight assault rifle that employs many of the technologies already developed for the planned objective individual combat weapon, which would combine an infantry rifle with a grenade launcher. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2013
Dan Parsons
Army, Marine Corps Succeed in Rapidly Fielding Specialized Individual Weapons In February, the Army began arming troops with the M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System, which can be fitted to the underside of an M4 carbine barrel. It offers troops the ability to carry one gun with the power of two. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2004
Roxana Tiron
Army Will Boost Supply of Small Cal Ammo, Weapons Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are consuming small caliber ammunition at rates the U.S. Army has not seen in years. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2014
Dan Parsons
Covert Weapons Top Special Ops Wish List Special Operations Command in late April released a detailed solicitation of equipment Commander Adm. William McRaven envisions as "game-changing" technologies for future commandos. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2013
Dan Parsons
Carbine Competition Fails to Find Improvement Over Current Weapon The Army has officially called off its search for an M4 carbine replacement without anything to show for five years of effort other than data suggesting that its current weapons work about as well, if not better, than anything industry had to offer. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2014
Dan Parsons
Efforts Continue to Replace Army, Air Force Small Arms The Air Force will spearhead an effort to find a suitable replacement for the Beretta M9 pistol, introduced in 1985. The Army, which is a mutual partner in the endeavor, scrapped in 2013 a five-year effort to replace the M4 carbine. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2013
Dan Parsons
Military Seeks Lighter, Stronger Ammo Recognizing that rifle design using gunpowder and self-contained cartridges has neared the zenith of engineering, firearms manufacturers are turning to ammunition as a possible source of further weight reduction. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2009
Grace Jean
Weapons Experts Working to Lighten Troops' Small Arms Load Technologists are working to cut small arms weight in half without compromising firepower, and so far prototypes of a redesigned machine gun and ammunition are demonstrating the art of the possible. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2005
Non Lethal Blunt Impact Weapons Early generation of NLW consist of various types of low velocity blunt impact weapons, such as projectiles loaded with low-velocity / low impact ammunition such as "soft" bean-bag rounds, rubber balls, rubber or plastic coated pellets, "flash-bang" and "hybrid" kinetic/chemical munitions. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2006
Harold Kennedy
Marines buying powerful telescopes for every rifleman in fighting units The total number soon will surpass 600,000, said the program manager for optics and non-lethal systems at Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Va. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com
Aaron Broverman
Top 10: Future Weapons In the wrong hands, these weapons could pick entire civilizations clean, but thankfully when used with striking precision and tactical strategy these weapons mean more of the good guys survive, while all that evil never stands a chance. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2004
Harold Kennedy
Lightweight Shotgun Deploys to Afghanistan The Army's new Lightweight Shotgun System is getting a "trial by fire" in Afghanistan, said Col. Michael J. Smith, program manager for soldier weapons at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Fletcher et al.
Tech Watch Missile Defense Agency deploys the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) to detect incoming nuclear missiles... Robotic muscles... Quantum dots... Pocket heart monitor.. Next-gen small arms... mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
July 2009
David Hambling
4 High-Tech Weapons That Clear Underwater Naval Mines Northrop Grumman is developing a helicopter-based technology, called the Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System. Other water weapons are described. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2006
Grace Jean
Armies Around Globe Trotting out High-tech Warrior Ensembles In as little as two years, soldiers will begin wearing kits designed to seamlessly accommodate and connect all their advanced gadgets and weapons, effectively turning each individual into an informational "node" within the larger troop network. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2009
Jason Jacks
Next Generation Grenade Launcher In June, soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division were the first in the Army to start training on the new 40mm M320 grenade launcher. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
April 2007
Next-Generation Small Arms: Followup In February 2006, we reported on the complex, decades-long campaign to find a new general-issue rifle to replace the aging M-16 and the two related weapon programs that showed promise. More than a year later, where are these guns? mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
February 25, 2010
Paul Barrett
Rambo Rifles for Weekend Hunters The "Modern Sporting Rifle" is a hot seller. Please, just don't call it an assault weapon. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
September 2001
Scott Gourley
Ultimate Firepower With no moving parts, Metal Storm weapons can lay down a million-plus rounds per minute... mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
May 2009
David Hambling
UAV Helicopter Brings Finesse to Airstrikes The Defense Department is seeking weapons for UAVs that can strike enemies but limit collateral damage, especially in cities. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2013
Dan Parsons
Energy Weapons: The Next Gunpowder? The U.S. military has been investigating and investing in solid-state lasers and other directed energy weapons for half a century. All that work has finally paid off, as the Navy is set to deploy the first laser small enough to fit on a ship. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
August 2002
Cliff Gromer
New Guns Of The Old West America's love affair with cowboy guns is being rekindled with new versions of the ol' shootin' iron. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
March 25, 2008
Erik Sofge
Shooting for Realism: How Accurate are Video-Game Weapons? As with many video games, particularly military-themed first-person shooters (FPS), with the just-released Rainbow Six Vegas 2 you can't wait to step into the line of fire. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2004
Selena Maranjian
Will Ban's Demise Boost Investors? The expiration of the assault weapons legislation may increase manufacturers' profits. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2014
Dan Parsons
Industry Melds Smartphones to Rifles The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been seeking smart-rifle technologies for years. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2004
Joe Pappalardo
Army Researchers Working to Lower Weight of Emerging Infantry Weapons Although composite materials often carry enormous potential for weight reduction, Army scientists are finding that redesign and the combined use of various metal alloys are equally important keys to reliable and easily portable weapons. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2012
Eric Beidel
Wireless System Monitors Weapons And Their Health Visible Assets Inc. recently received a $5 million order from the Defense Department for its system to be used on the SCAR-H battle rifle. The company's Allegro technology combines RuBee wireless identification tags, a shot counter and a custom chip that includes, among other things, an amplifier. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
May 28, 2008
Erik Sofge
Gaming's Guns of Tomorrow: Ready For War--or Inspiration? Futuristic shooter games always balance the pace with modern defense technology with the arsenal of fair game play. Do developers go overboard with the cosmetics of carnage, or could their weapons inform the 22nd-century military? mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
February 25, 2008
Ben Paynter
A Goliath Sniper Rifle May Take Some of the Physics Out of War A Barrett M107 long range sniper rifle spits Macanudo-sized .50-caliber rounds at 2,850 feet per second with enough force to punch through an engine block or decapitate a man from more than a mile out. But the gun's real selling point is physics. mark for My Articles similar articles