Great news for the plant located about 5 miles north of me.

https://lmtdefense.com/uncateg...s-license-agreement/

LMT® Defense Signs License Agreement

LMT® Defense and Northrop Grumman® Corporation enter into a license agreement for production of 7.62mm Bushmaster® Chain Gun®.

By Hajny
October 11, 2025

LMT® Defense and Northrop Grumman® finalized a license agreement for production and distribution of the 7.62X51mm Bushmaster® Chain Gun®. The established, long-term agreement will allow LMT Defense to manufacture the 7.62mm Chain Gun for both the US military and partner forces. Additionally, a cooperative market strategy has been developed for both companies to offer the Chain Gun in various programs individually. This initiative fits LMT’s strategic objective to provide extremely reliable small-caliber systems for remotely operated and autonomous applications, which is a rapidly growing sector.

Northrop Grumman has a long, proven history with their Bushmaster Chain Gun designs. These systems have earned a reputation for reliability and combat-proven performance. Systems like the 7.62mm Chain Gun have been part of that legacy, providing trusted, battle-proven firepower for modern missions. Under this agreement, the 7.62mm Chain Gun will be produced and tested in the Eldridge, IA facility. The weapon is capable of various mounting and operation methods, 600 rpm sustained fire, automatic malfunction clearing, and electric drive for unmatched reliability. Along with the weapon, LMT will offer service, training, and remote customer support for the life of the agreement.

This partnership between LMT and Northrop Grumman is yet another milestone event to accent other notable successes in 2025. Contracts acquired this year include but are not limited to a program to deliver various weapons to the Swiss Armed Forces as well as being awarded an extensive contract from USSOCOM for a 6.5 Creedmoor version of our popular MARS®-H battle rifle known as the MRGG-A.

“We are proud to partner with Northrop Grumman on this venture. We have a long-standing professional relationship with them and know they share LMT’s core values and ethos which drives our passion to serve the US and allied warfighters, understanding Failure is Not an Option®” Karl Lewis said.

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remotely operated and autonomous applications

Hmm ....

The Bushmaster Chaingun is the MK38 system with the M242 25mm gun. This 7.62 gun mentioned is the one that is a co-ax gun affixed to the bigger gun on the newer mounts. Giving the operator a choice between light MG or the medium 25mm ammo.

I think someone in the marketing department dropped the ball. The 7.62 gun is a MK52

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:

...I think someone in the marketing department dropped the ball. The 7.62 gun is a MK52

The OP also dropped the ball, assuming LMT would be making the 25mm gun. I'll revise the subject line.