Let’s tell SIG Sauer NO MORE!
New Hampshire communities deserve transparency about the military partnerships and overseas weapons relationships carried out in their name.
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SIG Sauer, headquartered in Newington, New Hampshire, has a history of government contracts for supplying weapons to foreign countries. More recently, they have partnered with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on the Fire Storm 250, an armed quadcopter that pairs an Israeli-developed aircraft platform with SIG Sauer’s remotely operated M250 machine gun.
We are calling for:
- Full public disclosure of SIG Sauer’s military partnerships with Israeli firms and military customers.
- Clear answers about the Fire Storm 250’s intended customers, testing, export pathway, and operational uses.
- Public opposition by New Hampshire elected officials and institutions to local corporate involvement in weapons systems connected to mass civilian harm.
- Sustained community organizing to ensure that war-profiteering carries political and reputational consequences.
- Investment in work that sustains communities—housing, education, healthcare, public infrastructure, and climate resilience—rather than armed systems designed for remote warfare.
Take action!
March or bike with us on October 10th. Sign the petition, share this page, share our flyer, contact state and federal officials, write a letter to the editor, and join local organizing efforts.
March will be approximately 3 miles from Market Square Portsmouth to Pease Boulevard in Newington. (Transportation will be provided to and from for those in need).
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RAW GAZA JOINS RAIN WITH PEDAL PROTEST
Bob Sanders of RAW GAZA (Ride Against War On Gaza) will lead a 25 mile tri-city cycling trip through New Hampshire/Maine as part of the 10/10 SIG SAUER Action
Bob and RAW GAZA biked across the country in the summer of 2025. This will be a much shorter ride. Still, the idea is the same: Using our pedals to power our protest!
The RAIN March starts at 1 pm, so we will need to do most of our biking in the morning.
SCHEDULE (Approximate)
10 am Gather at Community Church of Durham and ride about five minutes to UNH, pick up some students maybe and then bike to Dover.
11:30 am Stop at absent politician offices in Dover (Pappas). Tape 16 thesis for Peace on the door. Bathroom/snack stop then bike through Maine and Kittery.
1 pm Rally at Market Square, Portsmouth.
2 pm Ride or March with RAIN to 16 Pease Blvd at Pease. (Some may want to bike ahead and cycle to the SIG HQ itself and then return to the protest.)
3 pm Protest outside Pease near 16 Pease Blvd.
Cyclists don’t have to do the whole route, but could join at UNH or Dover or any other point along the way.
CLICK HERE FOR THE BIKE ROUTE (Subject to some last minute tweaks. The way will also be marked with painted arrows on the road. However if you get separated and are alone, you could always use Google maps bike route to get you back on track.)
Treat this as unsupported ride. There might be a SAG wagon. Bring your own tools, water helmet, snacks etc
SIGNS: We have some RAW GAZA signs that you can pin on the back of your bike jersey. Folks are encouraged to make their own signs.
GETTING BACK. Cyclists are encouraged to get their own rides back. We will ask for volunteers before and at the march to provide transportation back.
To bicycle back. It’s 14 miles from SIG to Durham and takes roughly 1.5 hours. Since the sun will set at 6:08, if you want to bike back, you should probably leave the rally at 4:30 or even earlier to be on the safe side.
Needed: Nonbiker volunteers to make signs, give rides back, send them off in Durham, greet bikers in UNH, Dover (maybe with food and water),Kittery or anywhere along the route. Or you can march with RAIN at 1 pm or drive directly to Pease at 3. Also spread the word by sharing the flyer or Facebook post or event). And if you don’t have time for any of that, please sign the petition and/or donate. Half the money goes to RAIN, the rest for Humanitarian aid for Gaza.
Bob Sanders bob.gns@gmail.com 6032246124
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Past and present Sig Sauer contracts:
Weapons Sales to Israel
In July 2025, the U.S. Army Contracting Command awarded SIG Sauer a Foreign Military Sales contract worth about $95.25 million on Israel’s behalf. Coverage identified MCX rifles, LMG 7.62 machine guns, MMG 338 machine guns, suppressors, spare parts, tools, and related equipment among the contract items.
See more information here.
Weapons Sales to Mexico
On March 25, 2015, the Department of State notified Congress of a Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) license agreement for Sig Sauer, Inc. to sell “the manufacture of Sig Sauer rifles and pistols and refurbishment of existing inventories” for the Mexican military and federal and state police forces.
See more information here
Current collaboration:
A New Hampshire Gunmaker Is Helping Build an Armed Drone
The partnership
SIG Sauer and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) are developing the Fire Storm 250 armed unmanned aircraft system. Reporting describes it as a tactical, long-endurance quadcopter program aimed at U.S. and international defense customers.
Israeli platform
The aircraft is based on the APUS 60 platform associated with IAI and Israeli drone company Aerotor. It uses internal-combustion propulsion rather than a conventional battery-only drone design.
SIG Sauer’s role
SIG Sauer supplies a Micro Remote-Controlled Weapon System and its M250 multicaliber light machine gun. The weapon system is stabilized and designed for airborne firing.
Aerial firepower
The system can carry up to 200 rounds of ammunition, including 7.62×51 mm ammunition in the described configuration.
Persistence and targeting
The Fire Storm 250 is designed to remain airborne for up to three hours. Reporting also describes optical and infrared sensors, target-recognition/tracking functions, and a stated targeting range of roughly 15 miles—or about 25 km—depending on conditions.
Status
SIG Sauer and IAI have described the aircraft as a developing system. Flight testing is expected to take place before the end of the year, rather than as a confirmed operational deployment.
The Fire Storm 250 is more than an overseas defense-industry announcement: it connects a New Hampshire-based company to the development of an armed aerial system with the sole intent of killing people, including children and innocent civilians.
The project is a clear example of how weapons production, military technology, and foreign military relationships can be rooted in local communities while their effects are felt elsewhere. The Fire Storm 250 is designed not simply to observe from the air, but to combine surveillance, targeting, and machine-gun fire in one reusable package.
Demand transparency from SIG Sauer
Ask SIG Sauer and New Hampshire leaders to answer:
- What is SIG Sauer’s exact role in the Fire Storm 250 program?
- Who will be allowed to purchase, test, export, or deploy this armed drone?
- What agreements does SIG Sauer have with IAI, Aerotor, Israeli military entities, or other foreign military customers?
- What safeguards, if any, prevent the system from contributing to violations of international humanitarian law?
- Why should New Hampshire communities accept their state’s association with a company developing a machine-gun-equipped drone?
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