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Ares Incorporated

Firearms manufacturing company

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 near 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 63.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1972Founded1
  • Industryweapons industry1
  • HeadquartersPort Clinton1

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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 near 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 63.2

The story

Founded by Eugene Stoner in 1972.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

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Products

Ares has a history of innovative weapon systems, weapons, and accessories including:

1973–1978: Ares FARC (Future Assault Rifle Concept)

1974–1984: 35mm Eagle Air Defense System, 35mm autocannon, 35mm CVAST Turret System

1975–1988: 75mm XM274 Medium Caliber anti-armor automatic cannon and the XM21 Loader

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1980–1982: 90mm Medium Caliber anti-armor automatic cannons

1985–1986: Ares FMG (Folding Machine Gun, designed by Francis Warin)

1984–1988:.50 caliber PCTA (Plastic Cased Telescoped Ammunition), 33% lighter than M33 cartridge

1984–1987: 20mm CTA 6-barrel Gatling Gun

1985–1989:.50 caliber TAMG (Telescoped Ammunition Machine Gun, 40% lighter than the M2 HBMG

1985–1988: Innovative Recoil Mechanism, real time recoil control measuring recoil position and velocity

1985–1998: The Automatic Loader and 9-round Carousel Magazine for the AGS Advanced Gun System

1986–1993: Ares LMG (Light Machine Gun, a.k.a. the “Stoner 86”, a refined version of the Stoner 63)

1986–1989: AIWS (Advanced Individual Weapon System)

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 105 mm MGS

1997–2003: The recoil mechanism for the Stryker 105 mm 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, 5.56 mm LMG weapon action, 5.56 mm 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

Laser bore measuring medium caliber gun barrels

From Wikipedia’s article on Ares, Inc., shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1972Founded Founded1

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