Under the contract AAI will continue to develop Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT). AAI will continue, under a prior contract, to develop the 5.56-millimeter light machine gun and two lightweight ammunition technologies, including a cased telescoped (plastic-cased) design and a caseless design.
AAI also will begin development of a new cased telescoped carbine rifle variant.
The contract is expected to culminate in an operational demonstration of LSAT in 2011, for which AAI will provide 100,000 rounds of cased telescoped ammunition and eight light machine guns.
The company said that the options the Army may exercise under the contract include development of a caseless carbine, fabrication of additional caseless ammunition, a subcompact weapon study and implementation of alternate bullet configurations.
Initial funding for this contract totals USD5.8m, with incremental funding up to a total potential contract value of USD28m.
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