Status of the Next Gen Squad Weapon (NGSW)?

[Double Naught Spy]

That money could have been better spent on better triggers and more marksmanship training if they wanted too improve probability of kill per shot taken.

That is never going to happen so long as military thinking is that battles are won by putting more bullets in the air than the other guys. There is definitely some validity to the concept, but it doesn't coincide well with increased kill rates.