Defenseworld.net Small Arms news http://www.defenseworld.net/go/categorynews.jsp?id=18 Defenseworld.net Small Arms news en-us New Russian Kalashnikov rifle to be called AK-12 http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=18&id=6508 Kalashnikov’s latest assault rifle dubbed the AK-12 was unveiled yesterday by Izhmash, Russia’s largest firearms manufacturer. The new assault rifle is designed as a basi... 2012-01-27 Night vision assault rifle for India’s networked soldier http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=18&id=5298 India’s future networked soldier will be equipped with the ability to find targets in the dark, thanks to the defense research and development organization (DRDO) develop... 2010-12-02 A mere 90,000 assault rifles a year manufactured in India http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=18&id=5294 For a country facing insurgency and militancy, its defence and security forces place orders for only 90,000 5.56mm assault rifles out of a total of 164,000 small and pers... 2010-12-01 Boeing win $106 million contract for Small Diameter Bomb from U.S. http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=18&id=5225 Boeing today announced it has received a $106 million contract extension from the U.S. Air Force for nearly 2,700 Small Diameter Bomb Increment I (SDB I) munitions and ap... 2010-11-10 QinetiQ wins $38 million contract for gunshot detection systems from U.S. http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=18&id=5218 QinetiQ North America, Reston, Va., was awarded on Oct. 29 a $38,424,799 contract for 15,000 individual gunshot detection systems. Work is to be performed in Reston, Va.... 2010-11-10 Rockwell Collins Data Link for US Army Small Diameter Bomb http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=18&id=5201 Rockwell Collins, as a member of the Raytheon team, will provide its TacNet data link system for the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II program. Raytheon was recently selected ... 2010-11-03 Boeing wins $106 million contract for Small Diameter Bomb from U.S http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=18&id=5193 Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $106,354,379 contract modification which provides for the exercise of the Lot 7 option for Small Diameter Bomb production for mu... 2010-11-03 ATK wins $200 million contract for Small-Caliber Ammunition from U.S. Army http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=18&id=5178 ATK has received additional orders for small-caliber ammunition under an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract with the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Isl... 2010-10-29 ATK wins $10 million support contract for ammunition from U.S. Army http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=18&id=5141 ATK has received additional orders worth $10 million for non-standard ammunition (NSA) in support of its current NSA multi-year contract with the U.S. Army Contracting Co... 2010-10-22 General Dynamics wins $35 million contract from U.S. Army to produce M2A1 quick change barrel conversion kit http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=18&id=5040 The U.S. Army Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command, Picatinny, N.J., awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products an order valued at ap... 2010-09-27