US Navy awards follow-on C-UAS contract to Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a follow-on production contract as part of a larger contract, which is now valued at over USD161 million, by the US Navy for the next generation JCREW/DRAKE 2.0 systems.

As a counter-improvised explosive device and counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) system, JCREW/DRAKE 2.0 uses intelligent jamming to selectively defeat threats without interruption to friendly communications. The system can operate independently or can integrate with other command and control systems.

DRAKE, the system’s C-UAS capability, was added to the Army’s Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Office list of recommended C-sUAS Detection and Defeat Systems in May 2023 and recently became its own Navy Program of Record under Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants, Expeditionary Missions Program Office in April 2024.