Switzerland, long the neutral party of Europe with a deeply rooted gun culture, was recently confronted with a referendum to ...

Europe Discovers the Virtues of Personal Self-Defense While European Politicians Seek to Disarm the Continent. Gun control pundits have long ...

New Sanctions on North Korea Following the February 7, 2016 missile launch by North Korea, additional sanctions have been imposed ...

The ACE Secure Data Portal – Bringing International Transactions into the 21st Century. For many years, the import/export community has ...

HIMARS achieves one million operational hours Lockheed Martin’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) recently achieved a significant milestone with ...

Defense Distributed – continued. A brief synopsis of the events thus far: January 2013: Defense Distributed, a nonprofit, gun-design digital ...

As a rising superpower, China has entered the arms trade show circuit since 2002.  The sixth Asia Pacific China Police ...

Freedom Group Announces George Kollitides as New CEO Freedom Group, Inc. (FGI) announced George Kollitides as its Chief Executive Officer.  ...

EPA Denies Latest Anti-Hunting Group Petition to Ban Traditional Ammunition The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied yet another frivolous petition ...

Frequent readers of this column will note many comments and criticisms of the current U.S. brokering regulations- stating they are ...

There has been a cultural shift from the 20-inch barrel length in the AR-15/M16 weapon systems chambered for the 5.56x45 ...

With every passing year, technology and innovation make the world smaller, allowing for international business to move ever quicker.  In ...

Glock Announces Voluntary Replacement of Recoil Spring Assemblies in Gen4 Pistols Glock announced that it is voluntarily exchanging the recoil ...

Those involved in the international arms trade are (or should be) intimately familiar with the International Trade in Arms Regulations, ...

Former Bushmaster plant back in production Earlier this year, the Freedom Group, current owner of Bushmaster Firearms, moved operations from ...

AUSA 2010 proved to be a great success, with attendance by exhibitors and show attendees exceeding prior records.  Held from ...

Leupold, the oldest U.S. based rifle scope manufacturer, recently invited Small Arms Defense Journal to tour its facility and test ...

Recent questions have arisen in the international arms community over retransfer assurances and end use restrictions on U.S. made products.  ...

Bushmaster Manufacturing Moving to New York The Freedom Group announced a manufacturing relocation of the Bushmaster Firearms International manufacturing facility ...

The 40mm grenade launcher has seemingly become ubiquitous in the catalog of modern rifle manufacturers.  It seems that no catalog ...

Recently, there has been a lot of press regarding the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA).  Readers active within the ...

Smith & Wesson Smith & Wesson announced that Jeffrey D. Buchanan has been named executive vice president, chief financial officer ...

Daewoo Precision, maker of the USAS12 combat shotgun, K1 and K2 battle rifles, and the K3 LMG, has manufactured well ...

The arms trade is a multi-billion dollar global international market, with arms being traded by both small and large entities.  ...

U.S. Export Control Reform On December 9, President Obama announced that, as part of the Administration’s effort to reform the ...

Defense Services Asia is one of the premier Asian trade shows for defense items and services in Asia. Held biennially ...

Eurosatory 2010 was held at the Parc du Exposition, located outside of Paris, France on June 14-18, 2010.  As one ...

Previous articles regarding UN gun control measures have warned of current and pending actions at the United Nations that threaten ...

Maryland Probation Officer Convicted of Export Violations Emenike Charles Nwankwoala, a 49-year-old resident of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty to charges ...

In the Global War on Terror, ammunition is a necessary commodity to fight a war.  Luckily, with good logistics and ...

On Tuesday, January 19, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing the arrest of 22 individuals ...

New Requirements for Commodity Jurisdiction Requests The U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (State/DDTC) has posted a ...

The Association of the United States Army held its annual meeting on October 5-7, 2009 at the Walter E. Washington ...

The sale of defense articles worldwide is typically straight forward – the buyer coordinates with the seller, and each party ...

ATF Manufacturing and Marking Requirements Eased On November 19, 2009, ATF released Ruling 2009-5 that relieves subcontractors from marking receivers and/or ...

A relatively new product on the U.S. market, the Multi-Purpose Aiming Reflex Sight (MARS) has been on the international market for ...

Until recently, the field of 40mm grenade launchers was almost exclusively dominated by the M203.  With the recent adoption of ...

Gun control efforts by the United Nations are well known.  The Fredrik Reuterswärd sculpture of a revolver with its barrel ...

Law Enforcement International The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to Law Enforcement International (LEI) for the supply of ...

Switzerland is well known for its exquisite time pieces, fine chocolate, and its highly professional banking practices.  The firearms manufactured ...

Historically, U.S. export control policy has served to restrict products and technology to potential enemies, to support foreign policy goals, ...

Mark Westrom, owner of ArmaLite, Inc. and President of the DSAAC (Defense Small Arms Advisory Council), sat down with Small ...

Recent reports of maritime piracy and the apparent inability of shipping crews to effectively defend their vessels have thrived in ...

DoubleStar 1911 DoubleStar announced the release of their new 1911 pistol.  Although DoubleStar is most widely known as a maker ...

The Association of the United States Army held its annual meeting on October 6-8 in the Walter E. Washington Convention ...

Exporting defense articles or utilizing defense services from the United States?  Like it or not, the U.S. State Department controls ...

BAE Systems BAE Systems recently announced the Integrated Warfighter System (IWS).  Still in the developmental stages, the IWS is BAE ...

The 2005 Lion’s Gate film The Lord of War, starring Nicolas Cage, is well known in the international small arms ...