News Parts Army Develops New Spiral M4A1 Barrel for Extended Cyclical Firing By Tactical Life Staff News out of the Army today describes a new spiral M4A1 barrel developed by a pair of small arms engineers.... Read more »
News Politics Army Solicits Smart Gun Technology With NGSW Submissions By Tactical Life Staff The U.S. Army Next Generation Squad Weapon program promises to usher in a new era of infantry weapon. A new... Read more »
Featured History News The End of the Awful Army UCP Camo and a History of US Camouflage By Peter Suciu After years of trying, the pixilated Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP) uniform has finally become impossible to see; that’s because as... Read more »
News US Army Selects Olin Winchester to Run Lake City Ammunition Plant By Tactical Life Staff Olin Corporation announced recently that its ammunition division, Olin Winchester (Winchester), was selected by the U.S. Army to operate and... Read more »
News Army Makes $13M Order of Federal’s MK311 Mod 3 Frangible Ammo By Tactical Life Staff Federal Ammunition recently announced an award from the U.S. Army worth $12.9 million. The contract calls for MK311 Mod 3... Read more »
News True Velocity 6.8mm Composite-Cased Ammo Selected for Army Next-Gen By Tactical Life Staff Back in November, we asked what the U.S. Army’s Next-Gen 6.8mm round might look like. Well, now we know, and... Read more »
News SIG Sauer, AAI, General Dynamics Awarded Army NGSW Contract By Tactical Life Staff The U.S. Army Contracting Command recently announced awards to SIG Sauer, AAI Textron Systems, and General Dynamics. The companies will... Read more »
News MARS, Cobalt Kinetics Publicly Unveil Joint US Army NGSW Submission By Tactical Life Staff MARS, Inc. and Cobalt Kinetics recently partnered to produce rifles and light machines guns for the Army’s Next Generation Squad... Read more »
News HK Awarded U.S. Army Squad Designated Marksman Rifle Contract By Tactical Life Staff Heckler & Koch Defense recently announced it was gearing up to deliver between 5,000 and 6,000 complete rifle weapon systems... Read more »
News SIG Sauer MHS Receives Full-Material Release from US Army By Tactical Life Staff SIG Sauer, in conjunction with Winchester Ammunition, recently announced the SIG Sauer Modular Handgun System (MHS) received notification of Full-Material... Read more »