SIG SAUER Acquires General Robotics
SIG Sauer have announced that they have acquired General Robotics, an Israel-based technology defense company that develops robots and remote weapon systems. This is part of SIG Sauer’s effort to become a one-stop shop for land systems: weapons, ammunition, optics, research and development and now remote weapon systems.
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Here’s a video of one of General Robotics’ PITBULL remote-controlled weapon systems.
The pairing of SIG Sauer’s weapons and General Robotics’ remote systems is a sensible one, bringing two elements of a weapon system in-house. Below is a close-up of a General Robotics Remote Weapon Station fitted with a SIG MG338.
Here’s SIG Sauer’s announcement in full:
SIG SAUER is extremely excited to announce the acquisition of General Robotics, one of the world’s premier manufacturers of lightweight remote weapon stations and tactical robotics for manned and unmanned platforms and anti-drone applications.
Ron Cohen, President and CEO, SIG SAUER, Inc. began, “This acquisition will greatly enhance SIG SAUER’s growing portfolio of advanced weapon systems. The team at General Robotics is leading the way in the development of intuitive, lightweight remote weapon stations with their battle-proven solution.”
Recently, the U.S. Army selected the SIG SAUER lightweight machine gun (XM250), automatic rifle (XM7), and high-pressure hybrid ammunition for the Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) program, representing a historic step forward in weapons technology. The NGSW program is currently in the early stages of adoption and the U.S. Army will field the weapons at the squad level in 2023.
“The combination of the General Robotics remote weapons station with SIG SAUER’s lightweight squad weapons and high-pressure hybrid ammunition will revolutionize small arms for military forces worldwide. This acquisition exponentially increases the capabilities of our lightweight weapon systems delivering transformative advancements in mobility, greater lethality and battle tested force protection for today’s warfighters,” continued Cohen.
“General Robotics and all our employees are honored to join forces with global defense leader SIG SAUER to integrate our platforms into a single solution to support military units around the world,” concluded Shahar Gal, CEO, General Robotics.
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Yeesh. There's a lot of lobsters in this comment section. SIG is crawling to the top and you are all annoyed by that? SIG USA is its own American gun company and they started just crapping out Euro sig's old designs. They reinvented themselves and succeeded tremendously. How does an American gun brand doing well threaten you all? They just make guns and gun accessories. Good ones, too, by all accounts. Now they have a mobility component. Again, how is this a scary thing for you guys? I don't own a sig product. I owned one of their early 1911's and it was sweet. I sold it to a marine to buy a dillon press. I regretted it (love the press). There's no benefit to being such cynical haters by good news. A rising tide lifts all boats. Show me SIG being an irresponsible or anti 2A company and I'll hate on them too. The interviews I've seen with their employees all seem enthusiastic and excited about their work. So far all they've done is win. Is success uncool in the gun community now?
the way these drones can juke and make rapid direction changes you'd need a put it
mildly very fast and very agile automated weapons platform to take em down ,
not claiming to be a expert but if you wanted to take down a drone and my only
experience was watching a episode of moonshiners a while back and seeing Josh
shoot at a drone with his 12 gauge shotgun, and a shotgun shell has lots of pellets
, so theres more rounds to damage and take a drone down over a single round
hit .Just a thought . Perhaps a special bullet using something like frangiable
bullet for anti drone application.