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Army To Award Prototype Deals In April ‘20 For Next-Gen Squad Weapon Fire Control System

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, May 30th, 2019

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Army To Award Prototype Deals In April ‘20 For Next-Gen Squad Weapon Fire Control System

Army's M249 Squad Automatic Weapon light machine gun

The Army on Thursday released final details for its effort to find a new fire control capability for its future squad weapons, with plans to award up to two prototype contracts next April to deliver over 100 test systems. Proposals for the Next-Generation Squad Weapon-Fire Control (NGSW-FC) program are due in early November and officials will begin accepting bid samples in January 2020 before holding a test event with soldiers to inform the contract award later that spring. “These prototype…

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