Close Quarter Battle Pistol

[AK Fan]

Close Quarter Battle Pistol - Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland - 2005
"The objective of this project is to evaluate pistols that fire multiple caliber rounds, weigh less than 40 ounces, with improved accuracy, reliability and ergonomics, to replace the legacy SIG P226 battle pistol used by Special Operations Forces for the past 15 years. Candidates participating in the project are pistols from Steyr-Mannlicher and Glock of Austria, Heckler and Koch of Germany, Beretta of Italy and SIG Sauer of Switzerland".

See: http://www.acq.osd.mil/cto/pubs_files/FCT_Annual_Review_FY05-06.pdf, p. 54

Any further info regarding this project?

 

[DMR]

Close Quarter Battle Pistol – Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland – 2005
The objective of this project is to evaluate pistols that fire multiple caliber rounds, weigh less than 40 ounces, with improved accuracy, reliability and ergonomics, to replace the legacy SIG Sauer P226 battle pistol used by Special Operations Forces for the past 15 years. Candidates participating in the project are pistols from Steyr-Mannlicher and Glock of Austria, Heckler and Koch of Germany, Baretta of Italy, and SIG Sauer of Switzerland. The test program is being managed by the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, and will be conducted at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana, and at the Blackwater Test Facility in Moyack, North Carolina. Operational testing will be accomplished by the Marine Corps Programs Department, Fallbrook, California, at ranges at Camp Billy Machen Navy SEAL Training Facility in Slab City, California; Camp Pendleton, California; and San Clemente Island, California. Early project planning included finalizing the technical and operational test plans, issuing “draft” solicitations in September and December 2005 and March 2006 for industry comment and response, and completing documentation for
Milestone “B” – technology integration and demonstration.

Surprised to see a Styer in the photo. This would be closely related to the on going search for a new pistol for the US military. The current stucky is the Air Force. The lessions learned in the referanced test will most likely influance the data used in drawing the final requirement. The Air Force is in the sources sought phase right now and just posted the resonse to questions from industry.
10--Modular Handgun System
Solicitation Number: W52H0928APR08MHS
Agency: Department of the Army
Office: U. S. Army Materiel Command
Location: U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command - Rock Island

The Program Manager for Soldier Weapons (PM-SW) , on behalf of the US Air Force, has a requirement for a nondevelopmental handgun.

https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&m...=core&_cview=0

https://aais.ria.army.mil/AAIS/Solin...8MH/att1ss.pdf
https://aais.ria.army.mil/aais/solinfo/MARKET_SURVEYS/28APR08MH/Questions_and_Answers_for_MHS.pdf

 

[SimpleIsGood229]

What's wrong with the P226? Gosh dang...I should take them off their hands for proper, uhm...disposal! Yeah...disposal. That's it!

Really though, the P226 is a premier combat pistol. Why not just upgrade them?