The U.S. Army is considering several upgrades to the M4A1 Carbine that could improve its accuracy and performance and change the weapon's appearance. Army weapons and contracting officials recently ...

A competing rifle outperformed the Army’s favored M4A1 carbine in key firings during a competition last year before the service abruptly called off the tests and stuck with its gun, according to a new ...

Despite the fact that the particular M4A1+ effort did not move forward, Army officials explain that market surveys regarding improvements to the weapon will continue; in addition, Army developers ...

Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo Soldiers at Fort Riley, Kan., take a look at their new M4-A1 carbines. Some soldiers know the M4A1 carbine rifle — which the M4A1+ program aims to augment – better than ...

The US Army has now produced at least 117,000 battle-tested, upgraded M4A1 rifles engineered to more quickly identify, attack and destroy enemy targets with full auto-capability, consistent ...

The U.S. Army has been buying M4 carbines through an exclusive arrangement with Colt since 2002 (though the first Colt M4 contract was awarded in 1996). But, as of 18:20 today, Remington Arms has ...

In 2013, the gun world changed. For more than a decade, standard-issue M4 and M4A1 carbines used by infantry in the U.S. Army had been manufactured by just one company -- Colt Defense. A competing bid ...

WASHINGTON -- This summer, Soldiers at the Army's four basic combat training installations will get access to the latest in marksmanship training: the tetherless BlueFire M4A1 carbine for use inside ...