Word is HK is opening a manufacturing plant in Georgia for domestic U.S. sales. Not just a distribution and customer service center like Glock in Smyrna GA, but manufacturing as well.
Could it be that HK has an inside track when bids come up to replace the M16 with a new and improved weapons system for the U.S. military?
That could very well be the case. The current designation for the leading candidate to replace the M16 and it's varients is the XM-8 which is based on the HK G36.