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Northrop Grumman’s CIRCM Completes Final Government Tests

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014

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Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system recently completed another round of Army testing–completing the government-designed test plan–by demonstrating its capabilities on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter. The flight test was conducted at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., by the Redstone Test Center, the company said Aug. 28. The CIRCM system was subjected to rigorous conditions over a six-week period, after which the company said it successfully completed the entire government-designed test plan. The system demonstrated its effectiveness under…

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