An Army officer has raised questions about the Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle, including whether its magazine holds enough ammunition.

The Army has chosen its Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle and light machine gun variants, but one company isn’t pleased with the service’s decision to go with Sig Sauer. LoneStar Future ...

The Army has officially fielded its brand-new Next Generation Squad Weapon rifles to its first unit, bringing an end to the service's decades-long effort to replace its M4 and M16 family of ...

The Army plans to pour some $520 million into the long-running Next Generation Squad Weapon program, which would purchase some 20,000 new rifles and light machine guns, according to the service ...

The M4 is a smaller variant of the M16 rifle, originally fielded ... over the next 10 years. The Next Generation Squad Weapons program was launched in 2017. The Army wanted weapons to use a ...

All of this building and sales to outfit the force comes at the same time the Army is pouring untold resources into building the Next Generation Squad Weapons program, which includes both a rifle ...

Candidates for the Next Generation Squad Weapon and associated optics. The army will pick one rifle/optic combination for a contract worth 100,000 rifles. As Task & Purpose reported in April 2019 ...

When soldiers get their hands on the Army’s new rifle, it will be known as the M7, the service said Wednesday. More than five years in the making, the Next Generation Squad Weapon will replace ...

New Hampshire-based arms manufacturer SIG Sauer was selected as the winner of the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program early this year. Its SIG MCX-SPEAR rifle beat a trio of ...

The next developments for the Army's newest rifle and machine gun may have more to do with software than bullets. The Army fielded its first batch of the Next Generation Squad Weapon, or NGSW ...

The United States Army is looking for a better rifle. It is asking manufacturers ... "We're challenging industry to develop the next generation carbine," program manager Col.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Army has sped up and shifted its fielding of the Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle to Pacific-focused and special operations units in the coming months and next year.