US Army Orders Additional M4 Carbines from Colt & FN

[North_Sylva]

http://soldiersystems.net/2018/11/09...-from-colt-fn/

Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC, West Hartford, Connecticut, was awarded an $88,607,109 modification (P00008) to contract W15QKN-15-D-0102 for M4 and M4A1 carbines. Work will be performed in West Hartford, Connecticut, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 25, 2020. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $88,607,109 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

FN America LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, was awarded an $88,607,109 modification (P00009) to contract W15QKN-15-D-0072 for M4 and M4A1 carbines. Work will be performed in Columbia, South Carolina, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 25, 2020. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $88,607,709 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

[bobdbldr]

I thought they were going to transition to 7.62!

[Sqr]

I thought they were going to transition to 7.62!

the army had never communicated that as the 6.8 they already use was being considered for expansion to all of the branches.

[RedApe]

I thought they were going to transition to 7.62!

that is for the one guy in the squad. you still need to give the rest of the squad a carbine.

[BattleRife]

I'm thinking this is about 100,000 carbines from each manufacturer?

[bobdbldr]

I guess Trump gave them the money so they are freshening up the tools of the trade! Jobs!

[greentips]

Unlike Canada and many places who spend years to ponder about mid life fleet ( like the UK and Australia) upgrade and lose sleep over how many jobs have to been added locally because there is only one guy who has a local factory, the US has a big military and they have way more wars. Small arms are nothing, buy new when they are banged up, lost and needed to be replenished. No one is losing sleep - you don't halt replenishment of small items because the new thing is not out yet. The machine needs to keep going.

[rethius]

I don’t get it? Who cares what the us army orders??

[GUB]

I don’t get it? Who cares what the us army orders??

Wars and military operations can be planned years in advance. No guns no wars.
A warm and fuzzy utopia Justin's world is not in our future

[rajczak_kashka]

I find it interesting