Knight’s Armament Company

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Founded in 1974

  • sole proprietorship,owned by C. Reed Knight
  • producing rifles (including the M110), suppressors, weapon accessories, and night vision scopes
  • KAC facility is located on the site of a former Tomahawk missile factory
  • SR-25 semi-automatic sniper rifle
  • Institute of Military Technology (IMT)

Knight’s Armament Company
701 Columbia Blvd
Titusville, FL 32780

.knightarmco.com

About Knight’s Armament Company

Knight’s Armament Company (KAC) is a privately held Florida firearms maker owned by its founder, C. Reed Knight Jr. Knight established the company as Knight’s Armament Company in Vero Beach in 1982, and it grew into one of the most important suppliers of rifles and accessories to U.S. special operations and military units. After September 2001 the company outgrew its Vero Beach factory and moved to Titusville on Florida’s Space Coast, into a former Tomahawk missile plant that McDonnell Douglas no longer needed after its merger with Boeing.

AR-15 and AR-10 inventor Eugene Stoner joined KAC in the early 1990s and worked closely with Knight, refining his AR-10 concept into the SR-25 precision rifle. U.S. Special Operations Command adopted a version as the Mk 11 Mod 0 in May 2000, and on September 28, 2005, KAC won the U.S. Army competition that produced the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System, first issued in Afghanistan in April 2008. KAC is also known for its Rail Adapter System and Rail Interface System handguards used on military carbines, suppressors including those for the Heckler & Koch Mark 23 pistol, the KAC PDW, and limited production of the Stoner LMG.

Key Facts

  • 1982: Founded by C. Reed Knight Jr. in Vero Beach, Florida
  • Early 1990s: Eugene Stoner joins KAC; SR-25 developed
  • May 2000: SOCOM adopts the SR-25-based Mk 11 Mod 0
  • September 28, 2005: KAC wins the U.S. Army M110 sniper system competition
  • April 2008: M110 first issued to soldiers in Afghanistan
  • 2000s: Company relocates to a former Tomahawk missile factory in Titusville, Florida

Timeline of key dates for Knight's Armament Company

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