Army Names Firms Selected to Design Next Gen Squad Auto Rifle The U.S. Army named the five gunmakers it selected to build prototypes of the Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle.
Army Taps Six Firms to Design New Auto Rifle Prototypes The Army recently six gunmakers a contract to build prototypes for its Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle program.
Air Force Crews Get New Rifle for Defense in Case of Crash, Ejection The semi-automatic rifle will provide better protection for pilots and aircrew downed in enemy territory.
Army Will Test Out 3 More Sub-Guns For Security Units U.S. Army weapons officials have expanded the list of submachine gun-style weapons the service plans to test.
After Glitch, Marine Rifles Passing Safety Check; Army Results Mixed Marine Corps M16 rifles and M4 carbines are passing a new safety check designed to catch a potentially dangerous glitch.
About 3,000 Army M4s Have Failed Safety Check for Dangerous Glitch Army units have reported about 3K M4s have failed a safety inspection because of a potential glitch in the selector switch.
Marines Buy Thousands of M27 Rifles At Bargain Price The contract was awarded to H&K in Ashburn, Virginia, to supply the service with as many as 15,000 M27 IARs and spare parts.
How to Use a Loop Sling as a Rifle Stabilizer Retired Command Sergeant Major T.S. Decker provides some helpful information on how to use a loop sling to stabilize your...
Marines: Competing for New Infantry Rifle Would Have Cost Millions By choosing the already-fielded Heckler & Koch M27, the service saved up to $24 million, top leaders told Congress.
Army Plans to Field H&K G28 as New Squad Marksman Rifle A senior official said that the service's new Squad Designated Marksman Rifle will be the 7.62mm Heckler & Koch G28.
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Commander of Air Force Weather Wing Fired After Legal Troubles Earlier This Year Col. Joseph Coughlin, commander of the 557th Weather Wing at Offutt, was removed from his position Tuesday "due to a loss of...
Top US General Argues Against Giving Up Command of NATO at Senate Hearing Giving up American military leadership of the NATO alliance would be "problematic," Gen. Christopher Cavoli told senators...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
'Psychological Warfare': Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing Air Force veteran Shernice Mundell was testifying at a "shadow hearing" organized by Senate Veteran Affairs Committee ranking...