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ArmaLite Weapon Systems

ArmaLite is an American small-arms maker best known for originating the AR-10 and AR-15 platforms; the modern brand operates under Strategic Armory Corps in Texas.

2 weapon systems

ArmaLite is the long-running small-arms brand associated with the original AR-10 and AR-15 rifle families. The company’s current site presents it as a manufacturer and assembler of rifles and related products for civilian, law-enforcement, and military customers.

For this archive, ArmaLite is the catalog builder behind the AR-10 Super SASS and AR-15-pattern rifle entries, so the page serves as a compact history of the brand’s legacy AR lineage and its current Texas-based production context.

Small armsAR-platform riflesPrecision riflesMilitary and law-enforcement firearms

Notable Systems

AR-10

ArmaLite's current site identifies the company as the originator of the AR-10 platform, and the design remains central to the brand's identity.

Sources: ArmaLite home, ArmaLite about us

AR-15

ArmaLite's current site identifies the company as the originator of the AR-15 platform, the brand's best-known legacy design.

Sources: ArmaLite home, ArmaLite about us

M15 line

The current ArmaLite site still markets M15 rifles as part of its rifle catalog, showing the brand's modern small-arms focus beyond the legacy AR-10 nameplate.

Sources: ArmaLite home

Builder History

  1. Founded by Fairchild Engine Corporation

    ArmaLite says it was originally founded in 1954 by the Fairchild Engine Corporation and became known for the AR-10 and AR-15 platforms.

    Sources: ArmaLite about us

  2. Acquired by Strategic Armory Corps

    Strategic Armory Corps announced that it had acquired ArmaLite, bringing the brand into its small-arms portfolio while keeping the ArmaLite name in use.

    Sources: ArmaLite acquisition press release

Website links
Official websiteAbout UsContact Us

ArmaLite's public branding and ownership history spans the original Fairchild-era company and the current Strategic Armory Corps operation, so this profile uses current site copy for present-day role and a 2013 acquisition notice for ownership context.

Builder Sources

  • ArmaLite homePublisher: ArmaLite | Note: Supports the public builder name, current product mix, and the company statement that it is the originator of the AR-10 and AR-15 platforms. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ArmaLite about usPublisher: ArmaLite | Note: Supports the 1954 founding claim, the AR-10 and AR-15 legacy, and the current statement that ArmaLite is manufactured in College Station, Texas by Strategic Armory Corps. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ArmaLite acquisition press releasePublisher: Small Arms Review | Note: Supports the 2013 acquisition of ArmaLite by Strategic Armory Corps and the company history context around the original AR development. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ArmaLite logo, Wikimedia CommonsPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the reusable logo image and its public-domain licensing context for the builder profile image. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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AR-15-pattern rifle, 5.56 mm self-loading rifle platform, Infantry WeaponsBattle of Marawi, Colombian FARC Dissident Conflict +1 moreAR-15-pattern rifle5.56 mm self-loading rifle platformBuilt in: United States and multiple countriesThe AR-15-pattern rifle is a lightweight, modular 5.56 mm self-loading rifle family derived from the ArmaLite and Colt AR-15 lineage. In the Battle of Marawi, open-source arms research documented AR-type rifles among weapons captured from IS-aligned Maute Group fighters, making the platform part of the militant small-arms mix used in dense urban fighting.
AR-10 Super SASS, Semi-automatic sniper rifle, Infantry WeaponsBoko Haram InsurgencyAR-10 Super SASSSemi-automatic sniper rifleBuilt in: United StatesThe AR-10 Super SASS is an ArmaLite 7.62x51 mm NATO semi-automatic sniper rifle built around the AR-10 platform with a precision barrel, adjustable stock, and suppressor-tunable gas system. In the Boko Haram Insurgency, open-source reporting and arms-control research identify the Super SASS as a rare rifle associated with Boko Haram and ISWAP-linked materiel, probably entering the conflict through Nigerian military procurement and subsequent capture, diversion, or recovery evidence.