US Marine Corps MARSOC pistol award is near

Dan Lamothe over at Marine Corps times is reporting MARCORSYSCOM's selection of the MARSOC pistol could happen by spring 2012. The contract authorizes the purchase of 400 to 12,000 weapons, though the current requirement calls for 4000 pistols for force reconnaissance and MARSOC Marines.

Officials with Marine Corps Systems Command, out of Quantico, Va., declined to characterize testing or identify which companies are competing for the contract. However, the Corps is in the final round of source selection, said Charles Clark III, head of weapons requirements at Marine Corps Combat Development Command, MARCORSYSCOM's parent command. He declined further comment.

Read more from Marine Corps Times here.

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