Sig Sauer issued a statement that the pistols “CANNOT, under any circumstances,” fire without the trigger being pulled.

Officials from the three services said they have no plans to modify or pause use of the Sig Sauer pistol after the death of ...

Elements of Air Combat Command have joined Air Force Global Strike Command in halting use of M18 pistols after a fatal ...

The Air Force Global Strike Command has ordered an immediate halt to the use of its M18 service pistol following the death of ...

A leaked memo called for the M18 to be pulled from use “for all operational and training activities” immediately and replaced ...

The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has paused the use of a handgun following the death of a Security Forces airman at a ...

The death at the Wyoming base is the latest in a series of incidents in recent years that have raised questions about the ...

The M18 — a compact version of the M17 that came out of the Army’s Modular Handgun System program — is the Air Force’s first new service pistol in 35 years.

The Army selected Laser Max Defense to provide more than 20,000 pistol enhancers for its M17/M18 sidearm. The 9mm handgun, built off a modified version of the Sig Sauer P320, began fielding to ...

Service weapons developers and soldiers say the new M17 and M18 pistol, designed as a next-generation handgun to follow the Army’s current M9 Beretta, is expected to substantially change combat ...

The M17 pistol and the M18 (a compact alternative) are variants of Sig Sauer’s commercially available P320 pistol. The products are the result of the New Hampshire-based company’s $580 million ...

The P320 was adopted by the U.S. military as M17 and M18 pistols, and the M18 is now the official sidearm of all branches of the U.S. military, Sig Sauer says on its website.