USSOCOM Awards Contract to Advanced Armament Corp


    AAC has been awarded a contact to supply SOCOM suppressors for the Mk13 sniper system, Mk46 machine gun and M240 machine gun.

    Lawrenceville, GA – Advanced Armament, Corp (“AAC”), a member of the Freedom Group of Companies, is pleased to announce that the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., has awarded AAC a $14,201,731 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for FMBS (N00164-11-D-JN18). Work will be performed in Lawrenceville, Ga., and is expected to be completed by September 2016. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce website, with seven proposals received.

    Of the (4) lots awarded out of a total (8) lots competed, AAC was awarded a contract to reduce signature for 75% of the available business – the Mk13 sniper system, the Mk46 light machinegun, and the M240 medium machinegun. (4) systems – M249 light machinegun, Mk48 medium machinegun, M16A4 assault rifle and M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle are still pending award.

    Steve Johnson

    I founded TFB in 2007 and over 10 years worked tirelessly, with the help of my team, to build it up into the largest gun blog online. I retired as Editor in Chief in 2017. During my decade at TFB I was fortunate to work with the most amazing talented writers and genuinely good people!


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