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FN America and Colt Awarded M16A4 Foreign Military Sales Contract by DoD

Yesterday, the Department of Defense made the following announcement.

FN America LLC, Columbia, South Carolina (W56HZV-20-D-0024); and Colt’s Manufacturing Co. LLC, West Hartford, Connecticut (W56HZV-20-D-0025), will compete for each order of the $383,311,941 firm-fixed-price contract to provide M16A4 rifles for Foreign Military Sales (Afghanistan, Grenada, Iraq, Lebanon and Nepal). Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 28, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity.

2 Responses to “FN America and Colt Awarded M16A4 Foreign Military Sales Contract by DoD”

  1. Ryan Snow says:

    I recall Chris Bartocci of Small Arms Solutions saying that FN America can’t sell their M16A4’s to Non US clients since only Colt and the US Army own their Technical Data Package. Does this apply to these contracts?

  2. Mohammed Khalifa says:

    I recall Chris Bartocci of Small arms solutions saying that FN America cannot sell their M16’s to non US clients due to the TDP being owned solely by Colt and the US Army. Does this apply to the FN’s in this contract?