Launched at IWA OutdoorClassics in 2019,[1][2][3] it won Recoil Magazine's top award at SHOT Show 2020.
[4] It has combined several radical design features having a fixed barrel, gas-delayed blowback and non-reciprocating top sight rail.
[8] The company Laugo Arms Czechoslovakia was founded by Ján Lučánský together with former marketing director of Česká Zbrojovka Ondřej Poděl and investor Daniel Selichar.
[7][9] In 2021, Ján Lučanský and Ondřej Poděl sold their share in the company.
[10] The Alien has a gas-delayed mechanism and a fixed barrel which enables good precision,[11] a low bore axis for less barrel lift and an internal slide which means that the sights remain stationary to the barrel during firing, which results in less negative recoil and thereby longer lifespan for reflex sights.