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National Guard soldiers tested the M250 light machine gun during a “New Equipment Training” (NET) event at Camp Ripley, Minnesota.

U.S. Army modernization officials told Congress recently that the service will begin fielding the 6.8mm weapons that will replace M249 squad automatic weapons and M4/M4A1 carbines in fall 2021. Lt.

Here’s what we know. U.S. Special Operations Command plans on continuing to equip operators with FN America’s Mk 46 spec-ops designed M249 Squad Automatic Weapon variant and the beefed-up Mk 48 “super ...

The Army just selected three companies to build prototype Next-Generation Squad Weapons to replace some M4 rifles and M249 SAW machine guns. (Army) The Army announced Aug. 29 that it has selected ...

The Army has announced that it plans to give gunmakers the opportunity to build 6.8mm prototypes for the service's effort to replace its M249 squad automatic weapon and M4/M4A1 carbine. The release ...

One of these three prototypes could be the Army's replacement for the M4/M16 among close combat forces. (Jacqueline Belker) The gun that will replace both the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and the ...

The latest robots to crawl through the sands of Iraq aren't just outfitted with cameras and infrared sensors, they're packing fully automatic M249 SAW machine guns. After years of refinements and ...