Kongsberg provides the US Army with its M151 and M153 remote weapons stations. (Photo: Kongsberg)
CROWS contract modification is contingent upon future demand and annual allocations’, says Kongsberg.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has obtained an extension to its five-year IDIQ contract with the US Army under the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) programme.
The contract modification is worth $499.17 million and is contingent upon future demand and annual allocations’, Kongsberg noted on 11 May.
According to the DoD, work will be completed by 14 September 2023.
The IDIQ contract was awarded in September 2018 as the third five-year contract with the US Army for M151 and M153 remote weapons stations under the CROWS programme.
Army Bolstering Weapons Portfolio
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The Army is continuing to overhaul its small arms weapons portfolio in hopes of better preparing its troops for future warfare.
The service has been making strides in its M4 carbine and M249 squad automatic weapon replacement efforts while also looking to adopt new products to boost soldier lethality.
In the next-generation squad weapons program, leaders are pushing through the COVID-19 pandemic and moving onto the second prototype phase, according to the service’s product manager for the effort.
Lt. Col. Jason Bohannon said the service has already completed the first iteration of prototype testing, which was the diagnostic test. The next round of testing is slated to kick off in February and run through June.