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Next Generation Squad Weapon and optic exceed soldiers’ …
Apr 17, 2024 · 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 ...
What’s the firepower like for the Army’s new rifle? - Army Times
Oct 6, 2023 · ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The Army’s new rifle, automatic rifle and fire control provide a more accurate, farther reaching and deadlier combination of weapons than a squad or platoon ...
Army to field new rifle, machine gun and optic in 2024 - Army Times
Dec 20, 2023 · The current 10-year contract for the Sig Sauer weapons, builder of both systems, has a ceiling value of $4.5 billion, and the Vortex Optics/Sheltered Wings XM157 fire control cost ceiling is set ...
The Army has graduated 25,000 soldiers through pre-basic prep …
Sep 10, 2024 · The Army has graduated nearly 25,000 recruits from its Future Soldier Prep Course who have gone on to become soldiers. The program started in 2022 with the aim to get low-performing recruits up to ...
Army announces upcoming brigade overseas deployments
Jul 25, 2024 · These brigade-sized deployments follow other troop rotations across the globe in recent months. According to the service, seven Army units deployed between April and June to Europe and CENTCOM ...
New law to reform Guard officer promotion process, federal …
Jan 6, 2023 · The 108th Wing holds an officer's promotion ceremony at the 108th Operations Group's conference room Feb. 9, 2014. Col. Robert Meyer, Jr., left, 108th WG commander, pins major rank on Eric Balint ...
Army finally picks an optic for Next Generation Squad Weapon
Jan 7, 2022 · Vortex Optics subsidiary Sheltered Wings has been selected to build as many as 250,000 Next Generation Squad Weapon – Fire Control systems at a starting price of about $2.7 billion over the next ...
Updates on soldier gear cold weather, targeting, body armor
Oct 9, 2023 · Body Armor. The Army continues fielding the Modular Scalable Vest and its various add-on items across the force. The MSV was the first body armor design to increase the number of available sizes ...