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Unlike the M4, the M27 IAR is a fully automatic rifle that provides a higher volume of fire. The additional M27 IARs will partially replace the current M4 carbine semi-automatic rifle, program officials said. Until recently, procurement regulations restricted the disclosure of pricing details, USMC officials said. As such, $7.4 million was obligated immediately following the contract award. Under the new contract, the Marines will initially purchase 5,650 M27 rifles under the first delivery order, at an average cost of approximately $1,300 per weapon system and support equipment. After issuing a justification and approval document in July 2017, the service said it would continue to purchase the M27 IAR from H&K. After receiving industry price estimates, however, the USMC determined that a competition to purchase M27 IARs from a new commercial vendor “would cause substantial and unavoidable cost duplications and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s needs,” program officials said. To expand the capability, the service released a Request for Information in February 2017 to determine whether the industry could supply comparable IAR capabilities for the entire infantry rifle squad. Fielding of these rifles occurred between 20.
M27 INFANTRY AUTOMATIC RIFLE FULL
The M27 currently serves as the automatic fire weapon system in infantry, reconnaissance and light armored reconnaissance units following selection of the company to supply 6,500 rifles, based a full and open competition in 2008. The M27 IAR is a lightweight, air-cooled, gas piston, shoulder-fired weapon that the service initially fielded to replace the heavier, belt-fed M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. Marine Corps (USMC) announced on Friday that they will be purchasing up to 15,000 M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles (IAR) and spare parts from Heckler and Koch (H&K) in Ashburn, Virginia, under a five-year, firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a maximum ceiling of $29.4 million.