The UK MoD has issued two PQQ notices seeking industry responses for “assault machine gun” and sniper rifle replacement.

The KS-1 was selected in 2023 as part of a wider move to replace the existing SA80A-series rifles currently in UK military service.

The Army is close to scrapping its infamous SA80 assault rifle after years of complaints over its reliability, the Daily Mail has learned. But supporters of the controversial weapon are fighting a ...