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BAE Systems CIRCM Preliminary Design Review Under Way

Gally Articola

Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

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MERRIMACK, N.H.--BAE Systems’ [BAE] Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system has been undergoing a detailed and extensive government review, the Preliminary Design Review (PDR), to provide data for the government to refine its plans for the next stage of the aircraft-protection program, engineering and manufacturing development (EMD), a company official said. The program is about midway through the technology development phase with a Request For Proposals expected early next year for the EMD phase, Murray Collette, technical director, Survivability and Targeting…

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