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SOCOM scraps its lightweight machine gun–assault effort and hands it to Navy Crane

As of May 2026: Primary government point of contact for LMG‑A white‑paper call and subsequent cancellation notice

U.S. Special Operations Command cancelled its in-house Lightweight Machine Gun–Assault (LMG‑A) prototyping project and transferred it to the Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division, per a December 7, 2025 special notice and December 8 reporting. The SOF Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics–Kinetic Requirements office (SOF AT&L‑KR) stated that it will "no longer be moving forward with the prototyping effort," and Navy Crane's contracting office will restart the program.

Updated May 10

Notable Quotes

From the government’s Dec. 7, 2025 special notice circulated under his contact details: “PEO-SW PM SOF Lethality has adjusted the LMG-A Prototyping Project. SOF AT&L-KR will no longer be moving forward with the prototyping effort. Instead, the Navy Crane Contracting office will restart the effort.”

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