Welcome to What’s Next In War, a special issue where Task & Purpose breaks down what’s on the horizon for the U.S. military. After nearly five years of development, the Army could be just weeks away ...

Key Point: Rifles are the next step in modernization for near-peer conflict. To paraphrase the legendary military theorist Carl von Clausewitz: Everything in small arms is simple, but the simplest ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: In choosing a new carbine, the U.S. Army must navigate a maze of requirements, prioritizing them and likely leave some of them unfulfilled in order to field a rifle.