incorporated on October 1, 1954
California, Illinois, Arizona

• October 1, 1954 a subdivision of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
  – located in Hollywood, California
  – AR-5 was adopted and designated the MA-1  Survival Rifle
• 1954 Eugene Stoner became Chief Engineer
  – Stoner’s patents become much of ArmaLite’s catalog
• 1955 AR-10
• January 1959 trademarked AR-10 & AR-15 to Colt
• 1959 AR-7 .22 caliber survival rifle
• 1959 moved from Hollywood to Costa Mesa, California
• 1961 Stoner left to work as a consultant for Colt
• 1963 began development on the AR-18
• 1967 production of the AR-18 began
  – Howa Machinery Company of Nagoya, Japan
  – Howa produced 3,927 AR-180s
  – between October 1970 and February 1974
• 1968 set up pilot production in Costa Mesa
  – produced 1,171 AR-18s
  – produced 4,018 AR-180s
  – between July 1969 and June 1972
• 1973  Japanese government halted all exports of AR-18 and AR-180 rifles
• 1974 Sterling Armament Company of Dagenham, England, was licensed to produce AR180
  – produced 12,362 AR-180s
  – between the 1975 and 1983
  – 10,946 were exported to the United States
• 1983 Armalite was sold to Elisco Tool Manufacturing Company, of the Philippines
  – Inventory, tooling, and machinery were sent from the U.S. plant to the Philippines
  – unable to carry out the AR-18 production
  – Ferdinand Marcos was overturned and went into exile
• 1987 US offices closed
• 1995 sold to Mark Westrom
• 1995 Eagle was reincorporated as ArmaLite
  – Eagle Arms reduced to a division of ArmaLite
  – headquartered in Geneseo, Illinois
• 2013 Westrom sold to Strategic Armory Corps (founded in 2011)
  –  AWC Silencers, Surgeon Rifles, Nexus Ammo, and McMillan Firearms
•  2018 relocated to Phoenix Arizona

Armalite
6567 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood, California

Strategic Armory Corps
Armalite 
525 E Pinnacle Peak Rd Ste 100
Phoenix, AZ 85024

623-780-1050