Northrop Grumman wins $14M option to finalize IED protection system

Northrop Grumman has won an option with the U.S. Navy to finish the development of the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Electronic Warfare system.

Northrop Grumman has won a $14.1 million option with the Navy to complete the development of the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Electronic Warfare system, or JCREW.

Specifically, the company will develop the system’s Increment 1, Block 1 system of systems.

JCREW is a next-generation system to protect warfighters, vehicles, watercraft and permanent structures from remote-controlled improvised explosive devices, the company said in a release.