Michigan-based Trijicon recently picked up an eight-figure contract from the Marine Corps Logistics Command.

The Marines widely use the Trijicon 4x32 TA31 ACOG as the service's Rifle Combat Optic on its M16 and M4 platforms, a practice made standard in 2008 after the acquisition of some 104,000 of the devices. The service also utilizes smaller numbers of Trijicon's VCOG 1-8x28 LPVO, primarily on its HK-made M27 IAR platform. 

The new $20,702,792 contract stipulates that Trijicon will provide "all materials, labor, equipment, facilities, and necessary repair or replacement parts required to inspect, diagnose, test, and restore RCOs to a fully mission-capable condition." The work will be performed at Trijicon's Wixom, Michigan, with an expected completion date of June 2030. 

The Corps had previously issued a $41 million repair contract to Trijicon for legacy ACOGs in 2020, which expired earlier this year. 

While the Army also uses the ACOG, that service is currently fielding a $2.7 billion contract with Wisconsin-based Vortex for up to 250,000 XM157 Next Generation Squad Weapons-Fire Control systems. These optics will be used on the M7 rifle and M250 machine gun, 6.8x51mm platforms set to replace the 5.56 NATO-caliber M4 carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. 

Banner image: A U.S. Marine with Second Battalion, Eighth Marines, zeroes his rifle during a live fire range as a part of a Service Level Training Exercise (SLTE) on Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, July 21, 2023.  (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Kumakaw)