Common Remotely Operated Wpn Sys (CROWS)
Abstract
The Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCoE) at FT Leonard Wood, Missouri (user community) has identified continued development of the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) as a critical improvement for the Soldier in a combat environment. By addressing the capability gap of non-turreted, lightly armored vehicles where the gunner is exposed to enemy fire, the current CROWS system provides the ability to rapidly and accurately locate and engage the enemy while allowing platform gunners to remain under armor, thereby providing greater protection and increasing overall lethality. Next generation improvements will upgrade overall situational awareness, survivability and lethality. Requirements include improved sensor systems for enhanced identification ranges; wider fields of view; improved on-the-move accuracy; training capability; battlefield obscurants; mission data recording for After Action Reviews (AAR); increased lethality using legacy and future anti-personnel and anti-materiel precision scalable lethal and non-lethal weapon systems; improved ballistics protection; adaptability to integrate on a variety of legacy and future platforms including ground vehicles, watercraft, semi-autonomous and autonomous platforms; precision targeting including visible and infrared (IR) pointers; target hand-off; slew-to-cue; escalation of force (EOF) capabilities; and other additional system modifications and improvements. Next generation requirements and modernization will address recommendations identified in the Operational Test Agency Milestone Assessment Report (OMAR) and user community feedback. These modifications include, but are not limited to: improved optics survivability; auto-zoom; improved auto-tracking; improved sensors for increased situational awareness; and improved rounds counter. Additionally, development efforts will include system and component level reliability improvements that will extend system life and reduce overall CROWS logistics footprint.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- S64_0604601A_5_2040_PB_2021
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