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

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.

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 Army says the first unit to field its new rifle and machine gun will have them by next March. After getting the rifle, one wonders if they'll use it as designed?

Army planners are already bracing for that heavier load from the new ammo and expect soldiers to carry less in the next fight. The M7 weighs 9.84 pounds, much heavier than the 6.34-pound M4.

When the Army ordered its now standard M4 carbine in 1993 from firearms maker Colt, it saw the rifle as a lighter, more agile alternative to the Vietnam era M16. In 2023, it will begin fielding a ...

Last April, the Army awarded a contract to Sig Sauer to produce the Next Generation Squad Weapon — or NGSW — XM7 Rifle, XM250 Automatic Rifle and a 6.8mm family of ammunition to replace the ...

The XM250 automatic rifle. (U.S. Army photo) The service has been pushing for a new family of infantry rifles since the mid-1980s when it kicked off the Advanced Combat Rifle, or ACR, program to ...

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 ...

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 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 ...