The Army was going to buy an interim 7.62 rifle..,

by mcassill, Saturday, January 13, 2018, 18:44 (2507 days ago) @ former hater of plastic

And then shelved the idea last fall. SOCOM was doing a study of various 6.5 rounds; we'll see if anything comes of that. To say that Army procurement has issues is putting it very charitably. The Marines have done a much better job of identifying better gear and pulling the trigger on buying it in a timely fashion; the magazine fiasco of the past few years illustrates that point better than anything.