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Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM)

Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) · Government program · U.S. Army

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About

The Common Infrared Countermeasure is the Army's next-generation lightweight, laser-based infrared countermeasure system. It takes a hand-off from an aircraft's missile warning system and uses a pointing and tracking system to defeat incoming missiles, and it reached Initial Operational Capability on more than 100 Army aircraft in 2022.

Contracts$736M obligated since FY2008

Contractors2

  1. Northrop Grumman$735M 100%
  2. BAE Systems$297K 0.0%

Awards17

Obligations are signed USAspending prime-contract actions coded to this program, FY2008 to date, credited to the company that received each action. Obligations are money committed, not company revenue.