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Army Orders Northrop Grumman Stop Work Order On CIRCM

Pat Host

Thursday, September 10th, 2015

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Army Orders Northrop Grumman Stop Work Order On CIRCM

Northrop Grumman's Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system. Photo: Northrop Grumman

The Army on Wednesday told Northrop Grumman [NOC] to stop work on the Counter Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) program, according to company spokesman Randy Belote.Northrop Grumman beat out BAE Systems Aug. 28 for the $35 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price incentive and firm-fixed-price hybrid contract with options for engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) and low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract. The Army’s current missile warning system is BAE's Common Missile Warning System (CMWS), which is responsible for detecting and declaring an infrared (IR) threat…

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