“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,” said Bob Gough, vice president, navigation, targeting and survivability, Northrop Grumman. CIRCM’s predecessor, the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasure (ATIRCM), provided protection for the Chinook for several years prior to fielding the new, lighter, more capable system, and delivered invaluable insight into how to best employ the technology. These systems have had the benefit of lessons learned during the past decade in conjunction with the Aviation Community, said the Army. The IOC included both the installation and training of the systems on aircraft across multiple Army installations. Army aircrews and aircraft against MANPAD threats in a contested environment.” “The system is a key enabler for Multi-Domain Operations in the Army 2030 Force and this marks an important step in Army modernization by fielding a critical capability that protects U.S. Adrian Watts, Product Manager for Infrared Countermeasures. ![]() “The IOC for CIRCM reflects the tremendous partnership between the acquisition community, R&D and testing organizations, Soldiers from the Aviation Branch as well as our industry partners,” said Lt. The requirements for IOC have been reached on the UH-60M, HH-60M, CH-47F and AH-64Es, paving the way for the accelerated fielding of CIRCM systems on more than 1,500 Army aircraft. Army helicopters, the Northrop Grumman Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system has reached the Initial Operational Capability (IOC) demonstrating the ability to field, employ and maintain the new Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) in significant quantities on the service’s rotary wing assets. Army.Īfter being installed on more than 100 U.S. (Photo: Northrop Grumman) The new Directional Infrared Countermeasures system has recently become operational with the U.S. ![]() Andy Thaggard) In the box: CIRCM jammer head. An AH-64E Apache Guardian and UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter conduct a multi-ship capabilities demonstration at Fort Rucker, Alabama, October 27, 2022.
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