As part of its transition from existing small arms to the Next Generation Group Weapon (NGSW), the US Army has awarded a contract to build a new ammunition facility in Missouri.
The operating contractor for the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP), Olin Winchester, will receive support for the construction of an ammunition production building.
The manufacturing building and process support systems are designed to accommodate manufacturing best practice methodologies, processes and equipment that provide flexible, sustainable and maintainable operations and ensure manufacturing readiness to meet future demands.
After an 18-month planning activity, this contract is led by the Joint Program Executive Office for Arms and Munitions and Olin Winchester.
Once constructed, the facility will house state-of-the-art manufacturing systems designed for large-scale production of all aspects of NGSW ammunition, including metal parts fabrication, active ammunition loading and unloading operations, product packaging, process quality control and testing laboratories, maintenance operations and general purpose administrative areas.
NGSW program
The US Army is transitioning from the M4/16 rifle and the 249 light machine gun to the XM5 and XM250 weapons, which it has designated as the NGSW program.
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The new weapon system will use the 6.8 millimeter (mm) family of ammunition instead of the 5.56mm ammunition used by the M4/M16. The 6.8mm has been proven to outperform the most modern 5.56mm and 7.62mm ammunition against a full range of targets.
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