Army Sgt. Shandell Green, a scout with the West Virginia Army National Guard, engages targets with the XM7 rifle during testing at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in June 2024.

The Army’s newest rifle and automatic rifle are already in the hands of soldiers for testing and will officially field to its first unit in 2024. The service delivered the Next Generation Squad ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The Army’s new rifle, automatic rifle and fire control provide a more accurate, farther reaching and deadlier combination of weapons than a squad or platoon ...

Rifles with this new technology only fire when a hit is guaranteed. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Elijah Magaña Until now, stopping drones often meant using big, complex systems but SMASH changes that.

The new weapons, meanwhile, pack the punch of an all-new caliber — the Army-designed 6.8mm — which extends the range and power of the individual rifle, the XM7, and automatic rifle, the XM250.

Discover the top 3 U.S. Army sniper rifles: M24, Barrett Mk-22, and M110. Expert analysis of accuracy, range, and battlefield performance.

The Army is upgrading a multipurpose sniper training range at Fort Benning, Georgia to handle new weapons that can shoot farther than the current range allows. The improvements are part of a ...