ITT Corp. [ITT] announced it recently was awarded $317 million to produce an additional 4,501 CREW 2.1 Vehicle Receiver Jammers (CVRJ), vehicle- mounted systems that prevent the detonation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
These systems will be used by the United States Marine Corps. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command, and announced recently by the U.S. Department of Defense.
The CVRJ program is helping DoD meet urgent system requirements and increased production demands to prevent the detonation of radio controlled IEDs. These counter-IED devices will be mounted on various armored vehicles, and other military transport equipment, and will be deployed to current military operations. Currently, ITT is on contract for the production of up to 25,000 CREW 2.1 devices with a potential contract value of over $1.7 billion.
“With this new contract, we are proud to say that we will now be supplying CVRJs to all four branches of the Department of Defense,” Chris Bernhardt, ITT Electronic Systems president, said in a statement. “Our systems are going to be protecting soldiers, airmen, sailors and now Marines. We have delivered more than 12,000 CVRJ systems, and remain committed to our service men and women. We’re proud to play such an integral role in defeating the evolving IED threat.”