AND THE WINNER IS: SIG SAUER wins NGSW

It's official: SIG SAUER has won the NGSW solicitation. The Spear Rifle becomes the XM5 and the MG 6.8 becomes the XM250, paired with the X157 FCS from VortexOptics. The initial contract value is 20.4 million USD. The Army plans to spend 1.4 billion USD on NGSW in the next five years.

The US Army plans to acquire 15,000 XM5, 13,000 XM250, and 29,000 XM157 for 221 million USD in the fiscal year 2023. Of that, 147 million dollars will be allocated to the 29,000 XM157 alone.

The ammunition solution is SIG's hybrid design, the 6.8 Common Cartridge Family of Ammunition. Read about the NGSW Program on SPARTANAT.

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