The Army worked with the small arms manufacturer Heckler &Koch (H&K) to develop the system to its requirements in the aftermath of the OICW contract, for which H&K had been a subcontractor to ATK.

• 陆军和在OICW计划中中标的小型武器制造商赫科勒-科博（以下简称H&K）合作开发这套系统，H&K公司成为了ATK公司的转包商。