The system allows the gunner of an armored vehicle to remotely control the turret using a joystick and monitor, and accepts multiple weapons systems including the M2 .50-cal machine gun, the Mk19 ...

Soldiers can use the MK19 Grenade Machine Gun, M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun, M240B Machine Gun and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon with the CROWS II. Soldiers will also have the opportunity to do day ...

September 12, 2013: The U.S. Army has ordered another 3,000 RWS (Remote Weapon Systems) turrets. Officially called the M153 CROWS (Common Remotely Operated Weapon Stations), these devices allow an ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 26, 2012) -- The Army is marking the manufacture of the 10,000th M153 Common Remotely Operated Weapons Station, known as CROWS. The CROWS system allows a ...

However, in 2007, Kongsberg won a $1 billion contract to produce the heavy-duty CROWS-II system. The CROWS-II can be integrated into larger armored vehicles like the M1114 and M1116 Humvees, the ...

The initial CROWS II framework agreement was disclosed on 22 August 2007. The Protector Weapon Control System protects military troops by allowing the vehicle's weapons to be operated from a protected ...

The U.S. Army awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $24 million contract for a remote-control weapons system for use from inside armored vehicles.

CROWS: The Remote Weapon System Protecting Soldiers. ... updated: March 6, 2025. The Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station ... troops in another country for the first time since World War II.

There is a Commonly Remotely Operated Weapon Station II or CROWS II equipped with a four-round 70mm rocket launcher loaded with laser-guided Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II or APKWS II ...

Kongsberg has booked an order valued at NOK 315 millions from the US Army. The order is part of the increase of the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Stations (CROWS) framework agreement for up to ...

AAI Corporation has been awarded a 12-month contract valued at approximately $3 million by the U.S. Army's Project Manager Soldier Weapons organization for 50 Projectile Detection and Cueing (PDCue) ...

Kongsberg took 300 systems and manufactured the smaller, lower profile systems the Army wanted to change as a way to help modify the weapons system for more efficient use.