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Army

Kongsberg Details Plans For ‘Tech Refresh’ Remote Weapon Station, New Lighter RWS Aimed At Special Ops

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, March 23rd, 2020

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Kongsberg Details Plans For ‘Tech Refresh’ Remote Weapon Station, New Lighter RWS Aimed At Special Ops

Oshkosh JLTV at the Bushmaster Users Conference in Arizona in Jan. sporting a Kongsberg remote weapon station and 30 mm cannon. (Oshkosh photo)

Kongsberg recently detailed the latest plans for its remote weapon station, on platforms such as the Army’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, including starting production on the updated version of the capability by the end of the year and gauging interest in a smaller, lighter iteration geared toward the Special Operations community. Jason Toepfer, the company’s business development and marketing director, told Defense Daily that ‘Tech Refresh’ effort will look to produce new Common Remote Weapon Stations (CROWS) with improved thermal…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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