The US Army’s newly stood up Futures Command will look at what the battlefields of the near future will look like and what operational factors troops might encounter. Senior officers… Continue reading "Army Futures Command to Ask What Will Future Battlefield Look Like?"
US Department of Defense has published a contract announcement stating that Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin joint venture has been awarded a $307,535,950 contract to manufacture FGM-148 Javelin missile systems. This batch of Javelins… Continue reading "US Army Awards $307M Javelin Missile Contract to Expand the Foreign Military Sales"
The US Army has announced that Austin, Texas will be the home of its new Futures Command, the command’s location was selected from a nationwide list of 150 cities. The… Continue reading "US Army Selects Austin, Texas as Home for New Futures Command"
Confirming our report back in June that the US Army’s future Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle program has identified five current contestants and awarded opportunity notice awards to facilitate prototype development.… Continue reading "Five Companies To Develop Prototypes For US Army’s Next Generation Squad Automatic Weapon"
Over the last few weeks OVD/TFB have been keeping abreast of the US Army’s Sub Compact Weapon program. The program to arm Personal Security Details with a new compact, concealable submachine gunsaw contracts… Continue reading "BREAKING: US Army Cancels Sub Compact Weapon Program!"
The US Army is set to evaluate 10 off the shelf submachine guns to fill its recently identified Sub Compact Weapon role. Last month (May 2018) the US Army’s PEO Soldier – Project… Continue reading "US Army To Evaluate 10 Subguns for Sub Compact Weapon Program"
The US Army’s ‘Third Arm’ first emerged in 2015, designed to redistribute some of the weight soldiers carry in their arms and shoulders to their abdomen. This, in theory, could make carrying heavy… Continue reading "Army Research Lab Show Off Latest Prototype of the ‘Third Arm’"
Norwegian arms manufacturer NAMMO have developed a scalable hand grenade that brings modularity to offensive grenades. The grenade can be ‘expanded’ by attaching up to three plastic bodied segments together.… Continue reading "The Nammo Scalable Hand Grenade"
A potentially fatal flaw with some of the US Army’s M4A1’s has recently emerged. Unofficial footage, filmed by troops, surfaced showing a serious malfunction where an M4A1 carbine unintentionally discharged… Continue reading "Accidental Discharges Force US Army to Change Immediate Action Drills and M4 Selector Lever"
The US Army’s PEO Soldier – Project Manager Soldier Weapons has issued an Request for Information (RFI) to obtain industry feedback on possible submissions to Sub Compact Weapons (SCW) evaluations. The… Continue reading "BACK TO SUBGUNS? US Army Releases RFI for Sub Compact Weapons"