SECRET

The Raven Project

Summary. An in-house programme to develop a service rifle and cartridge for the Organisation's own use. Suspended in 2031. Dormant.

1. The Raven Project was established to give the Organisation a rifle of its own design, chambered for a 6.8 mm cartridge also developed in-house, rather than relying on weapons supplied by member states.
2. The requirement arose from an assessment that standard service calibres ^X1.
3. Design and testing were carried out by ^X2 at ^X4.
4. By 2031 the programme had produced working prototypes. Testing was incomplete.
5. Funding was withdrawn in 2031. The outbreak of the Static War was the immediate cause. The review that followed also found that the Organisation's mandate under its Charter (A47/ORG/1947-001) was to observe, record and prepare, and did not extend to an armed capability. No present need for one was accepted.
6. Status: dormant. The case has not been closed.

Registrar's note: The prototypes and tooling remain in storage. They have been inventoried twice. Nobody has asked for them.