The Direction générale de l’armement (DGA), the French Government Defense procurement and technology agency has announced Heckler und Koch that its rifle HK 416 is selected to become the new standard rifle of the French military, in replacement of the world-famous FAMAS. The HK 416 was already used by the French Airforce, French Special Forces (including the GIGN) and in some elite units of the Army. The contract is for 102,000 rifles and should be officially presented at the end of 2016. First deliveries in 2017.