Next Generation Squad Weapon<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Fire Control systems at a starting price of about $2.7 billion over the next decade. The partnership beat out L3 Harris, the other company selected to provide a prototype for testing and evaluation.<\/p>\n\u201cThe NGSW-FC system is a ruggedized fire control that increases accuracy and lethality for the Close Combat Force. It integrates a number of advanced technologies, including a variable magnification optic, backup etched reticle, laser rangefinder, ballistic calculator, atmospheric sensor suite, compass, Intra-Soldier Wireless, visible and infrared aiming lasers, and a digital display overlay,\u201d according to a release from the Army\u2019s Cross Functional Team-Soldier Lethality.<\/p>\n
Beginning in earnest in 2018, the Army narrowed its decades-long attempt to replace the more than half century old weapon by selecting the 6.8mm as the intermediate caliber replacement. The round has shown in ballistics testing that it outperforms the existing 5.56mm and 7.62mm rounds for lethality, range and accuracy.<\/p>\n
But to take full advantage of that new round and weapon combo, the Army needs a better optic.<\/p>\n
And they want more than just nice glass.<\/p>\n
The new optic will basically be a computer atop the weapon, calculating range, ballistics, atmospherics, directional information, digital overlay and wireless features to link to devices such as the still-developing Integrated Visual Augmentation System, the Army\u2019s new \u201cdo-it-all\u201d goggle expected to begin fielding later this year.<\/p>\n
The NGSW-FC will replace the close combat optic, rifle combat optic and machine gun optic. But neither the optic nor the weapon will be \u201cpure fleeted\u201d anytime soon, meaning all soldiers and Marines will get it.<\/p>\n
This gear rollout is slated for the close combat forces \u2014 special operations, Marine and Army infantry, combat engineers and scouts, primarily.<\/p>\n
The Army is scheduled this year to choose between the NGSW prototype offerings from Sig Sauer, a more conventional AR-style design, and the True Velocity\/LoneStar Future Weapons, an option which features a bullpup design.<\/p>\n
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