Army Wants Tens of Thousands of New Night Vision Devices for Drivers, Support Soldiers
A U.S. Army cavalry scout assigned to Charlie Troop, 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, pulls security during water procurement training as part of field testing of the enhanced night vision goggles-binoculars at Fort Polk, Louisiana, June 17, 2020. (Ashley M. Morris/U.S. Army)
12 Apr 2021
The Army wants to buy thousands of new, low-cost night vision devices for drivers and other logistics troops who are not among the close-combat units slated to receive cutting-edge systems like Microsoft-made Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS, headsets.
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The Army just picked a new, multi-caliber sniper rifle: the MK22 Multi-role Adaptive Design, or MRAD.
Now it wants a new class of ammunition to make snipers deadlier and more destructive against enemy personnel and equipment.
The Army just picked a new, multi-caliber sniper rifle. Now, it wants a new class of ammunition to make snipers deadlier and more destructive against enemy personnel and equipment.
Under its Precision Sniper Rifle, or PSR, effort, the service awarded a $50 million contract in late March to Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc. for the MK22 Multi-role Adaptive Design, or MRAD, sniper rifle, which can be chambered for .338 Norma Magnum, .300 Norma Magnum and 7.62x51 NATO ammunition.
Army s Precision Grenadier Program Is About to Face Its First Real Test
U.S. Army Rangers fire the Counter Defilade Target Engagement System during The 35th Annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition on Fort Benning Ga., April 13, 2018. (U.S. Army/Spc. WIlliam Ploeg)
9 Apr 2021
Army Futures Command, or AFC, will soon decide whether weapons officials will get another shot at equipping infantry squads with a precision airburst weapon for killing enemy forces hiding behind cover.
Maneuver officials at Fort Benning, Georgia, announced in November that the Army would pursue the Precision Grenadier program to create a new weapon for launching explosive projectiles at enemies in defilade positions.