
INDEPENDENCE, Mo.—The Army’s small caliber ammunition plant here has begun shipping the first bullets for a new caliber of ammunition for testing that will be fired from a new family of rifles nearing final design and development by Sig Sauer, which in April 2022 won a potential $4.7 billion contract for the Next-Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW), the commander of the plant said last week. The Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) will initially supply the bullets and Sig Sauer the…