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Northrop Grumman’s CIRCM Protection System For Army Helicopters Achieves IOC

Northrop Grumman’s CIRCM Protection System For Army Helicopters Achieves IOC
Northrop Grumman Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system (Northrop Grumman Photo)

Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system for Army helicopters has achieved initial operational capability (IOC), the company said on Thursday. The IOC milestone will allow for accelerated fielding of the laser-based protection system on more than 1,500 Army helicopters, according to Northrop Grumman. “CIRCM’s ability to track and rapidly defeat infrared-guided threats has been validated over thousands of hours of rigorous testing in laboratory, flight and live-fire test environments,”  Bob Gough, Northrop Grumman’s vice president for navigation, targeting…

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