House Blocks Cancelation of Carbine Competition The House passed an amendment Thursday aimed at preventing the Army from canceling its improved carbine competition.
US Army to Search for New 7.62mm Rifle The U.S. Army soon will begin searching for a 7.62mm rifle to become its formal squad designated marksman rifle.
Army Kills Competition to Replace M4 The Army is formally concluding its Individual Carbine competition without selecting a winner to replace the M4 Carbine.
Marine Unit in Norway First to Deploy with Rifle Suppressors Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, were the first Marine infantry unit to deploy with suppressors on every service...
Army Chief: Infantry Needs New 7.62mm Rifle The U.S. Army's chief of staff revealed Thursday the M4 carbine's 5.56mm round can't penetrate modern enemy body armor plates...
Army Testing Rapid-Zoom Rifle Scope The U.S. Army is testing a rifle-scope that let’s shooters zoom in and out on near and far targets faster than ever before.
Firm Blends AR-15 and AK-47 Rifles to Create New Mk47 'Mutant' An American gun-maker has blended features of the U.S. AR-15-style rifle and the Russian AK-47-style rifle in a new product...
Firm Set to Manufacture Russian AK-47 Kalashnikov Rifles in US A Pennsylvania firm plans to begin manufacturing the AK-47 Kalashnikov in the U.S. to skirt sanctions that ban imports of the...
Pentagon Speeds Shipment of M-16s and MRAPS to Iraqi Army The U.S. has been delivering M-16 rifles and MRAPs to the Iraqi Security Forces under a rapid Foreign Military Sales program.
Army and Marine Corps Still Disagree over M16/M4 Bullet Lawmakers questioned Army and Marine Corps leaders over why the services buy different bullets for the M16 rifles and M4...
Army Dramatically Expands Combat Patch Eligibility The policy shift, issued last week, covers soldiers who served in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon...
Plans for Mass VA Firings Scuttled, But Department Still Expects 30,000 Employees to Leave on Their Own The announcement walked back previous plans, first revealed in a leaked memo in March, to fire as many as 83,000 employees as...
Colonel Retaliated Against Major for Talking to Congress About Red Hill Contamination, Report Says The report said that investigators substantiated an allegation that an Air Force colonel had retaliated against Army Maj...
Air Force Academy Cutting 140 Positions; Majors Affected? As the Air Force works to cut 5,000 positions before October, the Air Force Academy expects to eliminate 140 jobs.
Mystery on Pacific Seafloor Proves to Be Part of Daring WWII Saga, US Navy Says A mysterious object spotted on the South Pacific seafloor has been identified as the bow of a torpedoed World War II ship...
