USSOCOM Cancels LMG-A Effort, For Now
USSOCOM has updated the call for white papers issued in March of this year for their Lightweight Machine Gun – Assault effort with the following statement:
PEO-SW PM SOF Lethality has adjusted the LMG-A Prototyping Project. SOF AT&L-KR will no longer be moving forward with the prototyping effort. Instead, the Navy Crane Contracting office will restart the effort. That said, expect something to be announced by that office in the very near future.
This Other Transactional Agreement procurement effort was intended to seek out a life cycle replacement for the MK48 Light Machine Gun (LMG) chambered in 7.62 NATO, with the future intent to adopt other calibers such as 6.5mm Creedmoor, but not limited to, as a multi-caliber / intermediate caliber machine gun.
The system was envisioned to include a lightweight, belt fed, fully and semi-automatic weapon system, including a primary barrel, spare barrel, buttstock, receiver, sound/signature suppressor, operator manual, cleaning kit, operator tool kit, maintainer tool kit, spare parts kit, training munition kit, bipod, backup iron sights, and a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) approved locking hard carrying case
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