However, the small size of the ammunition is a significant disadvantage ... The next-generation standard bullet selected from ...

The next developments for the Army’s newest rifle and machine gun may have more to do with software than bullets. The Army ...

From pistol rounds to artillery shells, the Army is developing a host of new ways to destroy targets large and small.

The Defense Department is asking Congress for $111.2 million to field the service's Next Generation Squad Weapon and its related 6.8mm ammunition some time in fiscal year 2021 By Jared Keller ...

and specialized 6.8mm ammo. Although the prototypes gunmakers flaunted at the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting in October included removable suppressors, the IDEA program ...

The NGSW also includes a fire control, which contains advanced ballistics and aiming assistance not available in currently ...

Three types of 6.8mm ammunition are also part of the system and will replace the currently fielded 5.56mm ammunition. The XM7 Rifle is the replacement for the M4/M4A1 carbine for Close Combat ...

Sgt. Laharey Robinson, an infantryman assigned to 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, test fires the newly fielded Next Generation Squad Weapon Rifle XM7 at Fort Liberty, North Carolina on June 6, 2024.

Sgt. Laharey Robinson, an infantryman assigned to 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, test fires the newly fielded Next Generation Squad Weapon Rifle XM7 at Fort Liberty, North Carolina on June 6, 2024.