program to find the replacements for its legacy M4 carbine and M249 light machine gun. Following a more than two year prototyping and evaluation period, the U.S. Army awarded Sig Sauer a 10-year ...

The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or SAW, is an individually portable, gas operated, magazine or disintegrating metallic link-belt fed, light machine gun with fixed headspace and quick change ...

Steimke is now Sig Sauer's chief engineer. In December 2017, the Army announced an opportunity to replace its lighter belt-fed machine gun, the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. Then the Army released ...