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Vortex Optics Wins Army Deal Worth Up To $2.7 Billion To Produce Next-Gen Squad Weapon’s Fire Control System

Vortex Optics Wins Army Deal Worth Up To $2.7 Billion To Produce Next-Gen Squad Weapon’s Fire Control System
Vortex Optics' Next-Generation Squad Weapon-Fire Control solution. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army said Friday it has awarded Vortex Optics a 10-year deal worth up to $2.7 billion to deliver the fire control system for the service’s Next-Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW). Vortex Optics beat out L3Harris Technologies [LHX] for the production contract and is set to deliver up to 250,000 NGSW-Fire Control systems as the Army fields the new guns that will begin replacing its M4 rifles and M249 Squad Automatic Weapons. “The NGSW-FC system is a ruggedized fire control that increases…

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