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US Army Orders Additional M4 Carbines from Colt & FN

The Department of Defense announced contracts for additional M4 and M4A1 Carbines from both Colt’s Manufacturing Co and FN America.

Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC, West Hartford, Connecticut, was awarded an $88,607,109 modification (P00008) to contract W15QKN-15-D-0102 for M4 and M4A1 carbines. Work will be performed in West Hartford, Connecticut, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 25, 2020. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $88,607,109 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

FN America LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, was awarded an $88,607,109 modification (P00009) to contract W15QKN-15-D-0072 for M4 and M4A1 carbines. Work will be performed in Columbia, South Carolina, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 25, 2020. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $88,607,709 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

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3 Responses to “US Army Orders Additional M4 Carbines from Colt & FN”

  1. jbgleason says:

    1.7 billion allocated? At a high cost of $1,000 a unit that is still 177,000 rifles. Where are all those going?

  2. TheScrutineer says:

    Does anyone legitimately know what exactly is meant by “modification (P00009) to contract W15QKN-15-D-0072 for M4 and M4A1 carbines”?
    Is this literally weapons modifications (M4 to M4A1 mod) or an augmentation of a preexisting contract for X number of carbines to now reflect a greater number?
    Or something else all together?

  3. Bubba K says:

    It’s the number of the modification to the basic contract. P00008 and P00009 just refer to the 8th and 9th mods to their respective contracts.