imschur Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 FN Manufacturing has outbid Remington Arms Company and Colt Defense LLC., to win a contract worth just under $77 million to make M4A1s for the U.S. Army, according to an industry source. The award notice was posted on Federal Business Opportunities on Feb. 22 with an initial value of $9,370,615.This is the latest round in what has become a hard-fought battle to equip soldiers with a better carbine.The drama all began when the Army chose Remington over Colt, the original maker of the M4, last April to make 120,000 M4s and M4A1 carbines. That award meant that more soldiers would go into combat with the M4A1, a SOF version of the carbine that features a more durable barrel and a full-auto trigger. The Army’s decision to dump the three-round burst setting will give soldiers a more consistent trigger and better accuracy.The GAO did rule in favor of Colt’s first protest over the Army’s miscalculation of royalties it would receive for contract awards on its M4 design. The July 24 ruling forced the Army to rework the original solicitation so the vendors that fell into the competitive range could submit new price bids. All gun makers involved were forced to reveal their previous price bids for the original $84 million contract to keep things fair.Colt officials then filed an Oct. 9 protest with the GAO three weeks after the Connecticut-based gun maker received the Army’s amended Sept. 21 solicitation. The GAO denied Colt’s second protest in a Nov. 16 decision.This latest decision makes FN the only maker of both M16A4s and M4 carbine variants for the U.S. Military (I think.) The majority of the contract will supply M4A1s to the Army as part of its ongoing effort to upgrade its fleet of M4s.Read more: http://kitup.military.com/2013/02/army-awards-m4m4a1-contract-fn.html#ixzz2LmennmJO Kit Up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainTrain Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 I see this as good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 I see this as good news.What part ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robocop1051 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Now soldiers can say, "grab your effin' rifle!"See what I did there? <thumbsup> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainTrain Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 What part ?FN winning the contract. I believe FN to be a solid company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 nice! id certainly rather a FN rifle than a colt or Remington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasprite Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 What are the chances that sequestration will kill this contract? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainTrain Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 I would guess none. Don't believe all the "sky is falling" stuff. Those scoundrels will come through with some half assed fix just in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imschur Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Yep it's all BS to create panic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Nero fiddles while Rome burns.WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guill732 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I'm just laughing at the idea that having full auto will improve accuracy! There's a reason they took that option away from soldiers using the original M16! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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