US Army Cancels Interim Combat Service Rifle Program

By Tactical-Life

It’s official: the United States Army has called off its search for a 7.62x51mm Interim Combat Service Rifle. The service confirmed the news in a posting yesterday on FedBizOpps. Read that notice in full below:

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This notice is to inform interested parties of the cancellation of the Commercial Opportunity Notice (CON) for the Interim Combat Service Rifle (ICSR), under CON W15QKN-17-Z-0ANP due to a reprioritization of funding previously allocated for the ICSR.

Resulting from a change in strategy, the Government is reallocating the ICSR funding to the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW). The NGSW will be a long term solution to meet the identified capability gap instead of the ICSR, which was an interim solution.

It is requested that Offerors who have submitted …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life