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It won't be missed. It was nothing more than a scheme to make the cheapest rifle possible and charge the US Military the most money possible per unit, right down to serial numbering each upper receiver, not the lower.

The US Military hasn't had a RIFLE in it's inventory since the M14. Strange how we're looping back to the effective battlefield calibers after 50 - 60 years. The US Military won't get a fighting rifle (or pistol) as long as the small arms budget is tied to the big bucks budget administered by one branch of the Service - the same branch responsible for taking a weapon designed for SP's on SAC bases and making it a "battle" rifle, and then never fires that "battle" rifle at distances greater than 25 meters.

The same branch wants to make the next service pistol a .40 S&W - after the Beretta 9mm debacle. Good thing that they're responsible for inconsequential weapons systems, like nukes, bombers, fighters, and missiles.

Sit down in a air conditioned office....check.
Put the coffee pot on to brew...check.
Boot up your PC...check.
Download the latest "warfighter" wallpaper and install it on to your destop so that everyone knows you're a YouTube ninja...check.
Push some buttons... check.
Start the paperwork that will convince Congress that you just won the GWOT...check.
Ask for $5 billion to research the next generation weapons system...check.

Now that FN is out of the running for the next service "rifle", they will start pushing the SCAR on to the public - who else (besides the US Military) would pay $4,000.00+ for a plastic 5.56 NATO?