Don't think so, their press releases made it sound like they were informed of the Army's decision.
(Their partner being General Dynamics)
I haven't been able to find anything concrete on this either, and there may not be since obviously this sort of thing is always largely political and less...
Can anyone tell me if the .40 variant of the M&P 2.0 is built differently/more robustly than the 9mm version to handle increased stresses? Or is it perhaps similar to how the HK USP9 is a weapon originally designed to handle the .40 S&W round and then chambered for 9mm? (hope that's the case)
I...