Army to meet with industry on future squad weapons

The Army will host an industry event next month to discuss the service's Next Generation Squad Weapons program.

The Army will provide an overview of the program to interested vendors Nov. 14 at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, followed by one-on-one sessions Nov. 15 and 16, according to a notice posted this month on Federal Business Opportunities.

The Army this month issued a draft prototype solicitation to develop the NGSW-Rifle and the NGSW-Automatic Rifle, which would replace the M4 Carbine and the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, respectively. The service seeks to develop these concurrently in order to use a common 6.8 mm cartridge for both.