
A Navy program office this week announced the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) program reached full operational capability (FOC) ahead of schedule. The July 25 announcement by the Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) specifies this is the Increment One Block One (I1B1) version of the JCREW that reaches FOC. JCREW is a jammer that aims to defend against radio-controlled IEDs. The JCREW I1B1 system achieving FOC means the Navy has…