Five-Year IDIQ Contract for Continued Delivery
The US Army has awarded a five-year IDIQ contract, valued at up to $1.498 billion, to Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace for continued delivery of the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS), the company announced on 1 November.
To date, Kongsberg has delivered over 18,000 systems to the US armed forces, providing protection for vehicles, vessels and infrastructure. Kongsberg’s Protector family of RWS is the most widely used system in the world, providing commonality among NATO and allied forces.
“This is an important milestone. We are extending our collaboration with [the] US Army, as we have since 2007, enabling Kongsberg, together with the customer, to provide […] soldiers with the best remotely controlled weapon solution,” stated Eirik Lie, president of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.
“With this award, Kongsberg and the US government will be able to fully realise the investments made in the Tech Refresh systems, and bring those capabilities to new and existing customers, both in the US and abroad. CROWS Tech Refresh is the ‘next generation’ of remote weapon stations. [They] are designed to provide greater stand-off, increased precision and networking capabilities as well as vastly improved situational awareness, in addition to being backwards compatible,” added Eirik Tord Jensen, EVP of the company’s Land Systems Division.
