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Basic Leader Course. The Basic Leader Course ( BLC ), [1] [2] formerly the Warrior Leader Course ( WLC) and Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC ), is the first course of study in the US Army noncommissioned officer Professional Development System (NCOPDS). BLC is a month-long course that trains specialists and corporals in the ...
Enlisted Performance Report. An Enlisted Performance Report ( EPR) is an evaluation form used by the United States Air Force. Instructions for constructing an EPR appear in chapter 3 of Air Force Instruction 36-2406: Officer and Enlisted Evaluation Systems. The EPR replaced the Airman Performance Report (APR) in the late 1980s.
ADAP - Army Designated Acquisition Programs; ADATD - Air Defense Artillery Test Directorate; ADATS – Air Defense Anti-Tank System; ADATS - Army Development and Acquisition of Threat Simulators; ADC-A – Assistant Division Commander – Fire and Maneuver; ADC-B – Assistant Division Commander – Combat Support; ADEA – Army Development and ...
A U.S. Army graphic detailing the competitors for the program as of December 2020. The Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program is a United States military program created in 2017 by the U.S. Army to replace the 5.56mm M4 carbine, the M249 SAW light machine gun, and the 7.62mm M240 machine gun, with a common system of 6.8mm cartridges and to develop small arms fire-control systems for the ...
Physical requirements stated a target of 12 lbs (5.44 Kg) and 35 inches (890 mm) of length using an Army-desired 6.8mm bullet. The NGSW-AR contracts awarded July 2018 include prototypes and ammunition which would be delivered for Army evaluation in June 2019. Both NGSW-R and NGSW-AR prototypes were to be eventually tested.
by the Airborne and. Special Operations. Test Directorate (left) and Airborne Test. Force (right) The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, or ATEC, is a direct reporting unit of the United States Army responsible for developmental testing, independent operational testing, independent evaluations, assessments, and experiments of Army equipment.
2,510 ft/s (770 m/s) 2,588 ft⋅lbf (3,509 J) Test barrel length: 24 in (26 in for Lapua) [1] The .308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally. It is similar, but not identical, to the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.
LSAT caseless ammunition is caseless ammunition produced as part of the U.S. Army’s Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) program. Although less advanced in development than the other ammunition component of the program, the caseless round has already produced significant results. Having replicated Dynamit Nobel 's ACR ammunition, the ...