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Controversy over these trials lead to the XM10 trials in spring of 1988. These trials were boycotted by most of the arms manufacturers that submitted their designs in prior trials, with the only entrants being the Beretta 92F, slightly improved Smith & Wesson 459 and [[Ruger]] submitting their new [[Ruger P85|P85]]. Both Ruger and Smith & Wesson designs failed the trial perimeters, resulting in Beretta winning again.<ref>{{cite book |last= Neville |first=Leigh |date=2019-10-30 |title= Infantry Small Arms of the 21st Century: Guns of the World's Armies|url= https://www.google.fi/books/edition/Infantry_Small_Arms_of_the_21st_Century/ybcSEAAAQBAJ?hl=fi&gbpv=0|publisher= Pen & Sword Books |chapter=Chapter One: Combat Pistols|isbn=9781473896154}}</ref>
In the 2000s, a new joint service handgun was started, the [[Joint Combat Pistol]], which was the result of a merger of two earlier programs: the U.S. Army's Future Handgun System<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/fhs.htm |title=Future Handgun System (FHS)|first=John|last=Pike}}</ref> and [[United States Special Operations Command]]'s SOF Combat Pistol. However, the Army ultimately pulled out of the competition.▼
▲In the 2000s, a new joint service handgun was started, the [[Joint Combat Pistol]], which was the result of a merger of two earlier programs: the U.S. Army's Future Handgun System<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/fhs.htm|title=Future Handgun System (FHS)|first=John|last=Pike}}</ref> and [[United States Special Operations Command]]'s SOF Combat Pistol. However, the Army ultimately pulled out of the competition.
As a result of the [[Modular Handgun System]] trials, the [[SIG Sauer P320|Sig Sauer P320]] was selected as the new service pistol for the United States Armed Forces. The military designations are [[SIG Sauer M17|M17/M18]] for the full size and compact models respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bearingarms.com/bob-o/2015/07/01/top-three-contenders-u-s-militarys-xm17-modular-handgun-system-contract/|title=The Top Three Contenders For The U.S. Military's XM17 Modular Handgun System Contract - Bearing Arms - APX, Beretta, Detonics Defense, Modular Handgun System, P320 MHS, Sig Sauer, STI|date=1 July 2015}}</ref>
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