Federal announced that they signed an agreement with the US Army to accelerated high performance ammo by allowing the Army to use its PEAK ALLOY case technology. Below is a video of Bill Geissele shooting 5.56 with PEAK Alloy cases.
SOCOM has issued a new requirement for upper receivers that can withstand Hyper Velocity ammo (M855A1 : M855A1 at 82k psi). The URG will be classified as the HICAR- Hypervelocity Improved Capability Assault Rifle.