Private | |
Industry | Firearms |
Founded | 1971 |
Founder |
Eugene Stoner Robert Bihun |
Headquarters | 818 Front St. Lake Erie Business Park, Port Clinton, Ohio, USA |
ARES Incorporated is an American weapons manufacturer and firearms engineering company co-founded by the American weapons inventor and developer 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. Mr. 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.
ARES has a history of innovative weapon systems, weapons, and accessories including