Up to $700M to SRCTec for US Army CREW Duke V2 Upgrades
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The US Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command awarded SRCTec a 5-year indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract (W15P7T-09-D-M615) worth up to $700 million for Counter Remote Control Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (CREW) Duke V2 system upgrades. The initial order is worth $188 million.
The SRCTec CREW Duke system is a vehicle-mounted electronic jammer designed to prevent the remote detonation of land mines. The CREW Duke V2 is the US Army’s CREW 2.0 system, comparable to the Joint CREW (JCREW) 2.1, according to Lisa Mondello, a SRCTec spokesperson. The Duke V2 Upgrade improves the Duke’s capability to the level of the JCREW 3.2 system, she added. For DID coverage of the JCREW systems, click here.
The CREW Duke system was developed to provide US forces protection against a range of RCIED threats…
The field-deployable CREW Duke system uses jamming technology to counter the RCIED threat. The design has been engineered to keep weight, size, and power requirements at a minimum, according to SRCTec. CREW Duke mounts into HMMWVs and other military vehicles.
SRCTec anticipates that this award will result in the addition of up to 50 production positions in 2010.
