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ITT Sole Recipient As Navy Exercises Third JCREW 3.3 Phase III Contract

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Monday, December 20th, 2010

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By B.C. Kessner Naval Sea Systems Command awarded ITT [ITT] the sole third option of the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (JCREW) 3.3 contract worth $29 million for development of the next generation counter-IED system. "This is the execution of the Phase III option, of which they are only exercising the option for one contractor," Paul Mueller, vice president and general manager of ITT's force protection systems unit, told Defense Daily on Friday. "The reality is that…

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