Ares Incorporated

ARES Incorporated is weapons manufacturer co-founded by Eugene Stoner in 1971. The company is based in Port Clinton, Ohio, and produces fire control systems, turret systems, small arms, automatic cannons and industrial machinery.

One of the company's designers, Francis Warin, is more famous in gun circles for his multi-decade fight to defend the 2nd Amendment.

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.

Products

 * 1973–1978 – Future Assault Rifle Concept (FARC)
 * 1985–1986 – Ares FMG (Folding Machine Gun, designed by Francis Warin)
 * 1986 – Ares LMG-1 (Light Machine Gun, aka the “Stoner 86”, a refined version of the Stoner 63)
 * 1986–1989 – Advanced Individual Weapon System (AIWS)
 * 35-mm and 75-mm automatic cannons
 * 2005–2007 – LMGA/LSAT (Lightweight Machine Gun, in cooperation with AAI Corporation)

Notes & sources

 * ARES Inc. listing at MacRaes Blue Book
 * Stoner interview from the Smithsonian Institution Archives
 * The 5.56 x 45mm: 1974–1985, 1986–1994, 1995–1999, 2000–2003, 2004–Present
 * The 5.56 x 45mm: 1974–1985, 1986–1994, 1995–1999, 2000–2003, 2004–Present