
After several misfires, the Army this year has decided to pull the trigger on replacing the M9 Beretta, its standard sidearm since 1985.Interested firearms manufacturers had to have their bids submitted for the Modular Handgun System (MHS) program by Feb. 12.The Army plans to award up to three indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contracts this year to three of a pool of half a dozen or so contenders in what it calls the XM-17 MHS program. After a series of…