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Northrop Grumman Develops First Army CIRCM System Ahead Of Schedule

Monday, February 4th, 2013

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it has delivered the first of eight Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) missile defense systems to the Army two months ahead of schedule. The system was delivered under a $31.4 million Technology Demonstration contract to develop the next generation of aircraft survivability equipment to defend helicopters against man-portable air-defense systems and other heat-seeking munitions. The system is now scheduled to enter reliability testing. Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems are both developing the equipment. The early delivery…

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