This is the story of ArmaLite, a company that—in its original incarnation—revolutionized American small arms, yet hardly profited from its greatest achievements. The company is now a thriving ...

ArmaLite designated all of its rifles “AR,” for the company, followed by a number in sequence of design. Before the AR-15, ...

ArmaLite actively marketed the AR-7’s first big-screen appearance, which caused an up-tick in sales. The AR-7’s military heritage quickly lent itself to creative minds.

Gunmaker Armalite starts work on a prototype based on the U.S. military’s desire for a lightweight rifle capable of automatic fire. The company dubs it the Armalite Rifle Model 15, or AR-15.

Today, ArmaLite still exists, along with a bunch of other companies that make civilian AR-15s. But the history of the AR-15 name and what is and isn’t an AR-15 is a little complicated.

Armalite Humongous EP It's been five years since the first and only release from this Fest-ready supergroup, the self-titled and unstoppably great Armalite. Since then, the members of Armalite ...

LONDON — The British military is turning to the ArmaLite rifle to boost the lethality of some of its specialist forces, according to a deal announced Sept. 7.

Armalite's AR-15 won the competition, and the Pentagon rebranded it as the M16. In late 1959, Colt obtained manufacturing and marketing rights, and a few years later, ...

The initial agreement was decided in July of 2023 when the company first agreed to build its headquarters in Bryan. Part of that agreement will see the construction of Base Armalite, a facility ...