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Northrop Grumman Back Building Army Helicopter Missile-Defense Systems After Protest Withdrawn

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

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Northrop Grumman Back Building Army Helicopter Missile-Defense Systems After Protest Withdrawn

UH-60 Black Hawk Photo: Sikorsky.

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has resumed production of the Army's next generation helicopter missile-defense system, after BAE Systems withdrew its protest of the $35 million common infrared countermeasures (CIRCM) contract award about a month ago.Northrop Grumman is on its way to delivering 21 CIRCM systems, the components of which work together to detect, identify and disable or destroy incoming guided-missile threats. Each shipset includes a CIRCM processor, two jamming lasers and two pointer-trackers.“We appreciate the resolution of this matter and have resumed…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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