SIG to Supply Suppressed Upper Receiver Group to USSOCOM

By Tactical-Life

Sig Sauer has inked a deal to supply U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) with integrally suppressed upper receivers.

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SIG’s Suppressed Upper Receiver Group

This is a five-year contract worth $48 million for the acquisition of what the DoD is calling the “Suppressed Upper Receiver Group.” The suppressed upper will be paired with USSOCOM’s M4A1 rifle. Most of the work will be done at SIG’s Newington, N.H. facility. The estimated completion date is July 2023. Check out the full announcement below:

Sig Sauer Inc., Newington, New Hampshire, was awarded a $48,000,000 five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for the acquisition of the Suppressed Upper Receiver Group (SURG). The SURG weapon is an upgrade of the M4A1 lower receiver group in support of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Procurement Division. Fiscal 2018 procurement funds in the amount of $24,620 are being obligated at the time of award. The majority …Read the Rest

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