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Colt, FN Compete for M16A4 Contract Orders Worth $383 Million

by Chris Eger

The Army Contracting Command on Wednesday announced that two of the country's biggest M16 makers will compete for a huge military rifle contract.

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FN Lands Huge $119 Million U.S. Army M4 Contract

by Chris Eger

South Carolina-based FN America beat out a crowd of other vendors to land a whale of a military contract for new M4s.

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Colt Reportedly to Stop Making Rifles for Consumer Market

by Chris Eger

Connecticut-based Colt Firearms last week reportedly signaled they are exiting the consumer rifle market in coming days.

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Sig Sauer’s New M4, M249 Replacements: Most ‘Significant Upgrade to Small Arms in Decades’

by Chris Eger

New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer on Tuesday showed off their Next Generation Squad Weapons down-selected by the U.S. Army to replace the M4 Carbine and M249 light machine gun.

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Sig Sauer’s New M4, M249 Replacements: Most ‘Significant Upgrade to Small Arms in Decades’

by Chris Eger

New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer on Tuesday showed off their Next Generation Squad Weapons down-selected by the U.S. Army to replace the M4 Carbine and M249 light machine gun.

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U.S. sending infantry into battle with ‘inferior small arms,’ says retired general

by Brian Seay

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert H. Scales blames cumbersome acquisition protocols for failing to provide infantrymen with effective rifles.

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Court sides with Remington in M4 case

by Daniel Terrill

A federal court sided with Remington Arms in a dispute with the government’s vetting process regarding an Army contract that had been awarded to Colt after it declared bankruptcy.

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Daniel Defense M4 Carbine V11 Pro (VIDEO)

by Jared Morgan

Daniel Defense shows off its M4 Carbine V11 Pro at the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show and Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday.

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