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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
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
Popular Mechanics
September 2004
Scott Gourley
Weapons Of The Special Forces U.S. special operations forces have at their disposal the most cutting-edge weaponry. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
September 2004
Roxana Tiron
Special Operations Forces Pursue Technologies for the Urban Fight Confined spaces, hardened targets and night vision limitations are among the more critical factors driving this effort. The U.S. Special Operations Command is evaluating existing technologies and commissioning separate developments for more specific requirements. 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
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
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
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
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
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
National Defense
September 2011
Eric Beidel
Lasers to Aid Machine Guns Aboard Ships Sailors soon may have a new weapon to use on the high seas, one that combines the precision of directed energy with the lethal power of a machine gun. 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
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
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
National Defense
September 2004
Roxana Tiron
U.S. Army Considers Changing Acquisition Strategy for Small-Caliber Ammunition Facing soaring demand for small-caliber ammunition, the U.S. Army is turning to industry to dramatically increase the production of rifle and machine gun rounds. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2013
Dan Parsons
Special Operators List Equipment Needs Special Operations Command constantly solicits industry for technologies that improve upon existing gear or that can perform a desired function that is beyond the reach of current equipment. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2012
Eric Beidel
Budget Cuts Could Threaten Special Operations Innovation If any part of the military is going to weather the budget storm and still be able to carry out ambitious, speedy acquisitions, experts say it will be SOCOM. But that doesn't mean austerity won't challenge the command or force it to change the way it has been doing things for the past decade. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2004
Harold Kennedy
Forces Under Stress The Special Operations Command is struggling to retain its most experienced personnel while it moves to fill a growing role in the U.S. war against terrorism. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
January 22, 2009
Joe Pappalardo
Questions on the American Rifle for Author Alex Rose Military historian Alex Rose, author of American Rifle: a Biography, says that Americans have a special relationship with rifles that represents a way of thinking. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2014
Yasmin Tadjdeh
Special Operations Command Modernizing Aircraft, Investing In New Technology One of SOCOM's largest investments will go toward upgrading and sustaining its aircraft, which transport and support operators around the world in remote destinations. mark for My Articles similar articles