Kongsberg has signed a CROWS II contract with the US Army for spares and is part of the increased CROWS II frame contract.

The common remotely operated weapon station (CROWS II) programme is a joint acquisition programme for a remote-control weapon system that enables the operator to acquire and engage targets from within the vehicle.

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The system is designed to be mounted on various vehicle platforms and supports the mk19 grenade machine gun, 0.50-caliber M2 machine gun, M240B machine gun, and M249 squad automatic weapon.

The latest CROWS II order is valued at Nkr152m ($26.1m).

The initial CROWS II framework agreement was disclosed on 22 August 2007.

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