Ares Incorporated is an American weapons manufacturer and firearms engineering company co-founded by the American weapons inventor and developer
Eugene Stoner in 1971. The company is based in
Port Clinton, Ohio, and produces fire control systems, turret systems, small arms, automatic cannons and industrial machinery. Mr. Stoner left the company in 1989, joining
Knight's Armament Company in 1990, where his designs included the Stoner 96, a further refinement of the Ares LMG/
Stoner 63.
Products
Ares has a history of innovative weapon systems, weapons, and accessories including:
1986–1994: 45mm XM295 COMVAT (COMbat Vehicles Armament Technology)
automatic cannon and autoloader using CT ammunition developed by Orbital-ATK
1987–1990: .50 caliber TARG (Telescoped Ammunition Revolver Gun a lightweight gun for aircraft applications
1997–1999: The Automatic Loader and 8-round Carousel Magazine for the
Stryker 105mm MGS
1997–2003: The recoil mechanism for the Stryker 105mm MGS
2003–present: Sole source supplier for new and refurbished recoil mechanisms for the Stryker 105mm MGS
2001–2003: Validated the US Army Benet Laboratories' RAVEN (RArefaction WaVE Gun) concept with the 35mm Demonstrator and the Ares designed and manufactured firing mount
2004–2011: LSAT (Lightweight Small Arms Technologies), in cooperation with
AAI Corporation) that included, 5.56mm CT Spiral 1 ammunition design, 5.56mm LMG weapon action, 5.56mm Carbine
2006–2013: Test and refinement of US Army Benet Laboratories' 105mm RAVEN Demonstrator and the Ares designed and manufactured firing mount
2008–2013: Designed, manufactured, and tested the Medium caliber 45mm RAVEN Demonstrator and firing mount
2005–present: 7.62mm EPG (Externally Powered Gun) designed by Gene Stoner in the early 1970s; updated and developed for today's remote weapon stations
2007–present: Developing manufacturing technology to rifle barrels with an explosively bonded Tantalum-Tungsten liner
2014–present: Design the intermediate caliber CT carbine
Small, medium, and large caliber Mann barrels and launchers
Services
Complete firing test range encompassing over 650 acres
Interior and exterior ballistic instrumentation
Indoor and outdoor firing ranges
Small arms to 155mm artillery weapons
Gun barrel design and manufacturing
Experimental and one-of-a-kind gun barrels
Weapon Systems, weapons, and component design and manufacturing