The U.S. subsidiary of British defense giant BAE Systems Plc hasn't ruled out a protest of the Army's decision to award Northrop Grumman Corp. a contract to develop new countermeasures for helicopters ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – The Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system is the next generation, lightweight infrared system for rotary-wing, tiltrotor and small fixed-wing aircraft across the DoD.

Two CH-47F Chinook helicopters, from Hotel Company, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, take off en route to retrieve air assault troops in preparation for an air ...

The Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system will be installed on the 14 new extended-range Chinooks which will replace the Royal Air Force’s 14 oldest Chinooks. Northrop Grumman has been ...

WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman quietly beat out incumbent BAE Systems for a major US Army contract to build next-generation technology to protect aircraft from infrared-guided missiles, [last week,] ...

BAE Systems on Thursday said it has protested the Army's decision to award Northrop Grumman a contract to develop new countermeasures for helicopters and aircraft. The Army recently awarded Northrop a ...

The Northrop Grumman-built Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) system for the US Army has achieved Milestone C after completing testing, the company announced on 24 September. The critical ...

A Ukrainian soldiers fires a missile with a man-portable air-defense system during exercices near the city of Shchastya, north of Lugansk, on December 1, 2014. At least three Ukrainian soldiers have ...

Northrop Grumman's Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) system for the US Army has undergone new tests at White Sands Missile Range. The free flight missile testing saw the CIRCM system presented ...

Northrop Grumman has been contracted to provide its common infrared countermeasures (CIRCM) technology for use by the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) future fleet of 14 Boeing CH-47 Chinook extended-range ...

The U.S. Army already is fielding its Common Infrared Countermeasures system to some units and will deliver the system simultaneously to all types of aircraft, Army officials told reporters during a ...

The new CIRCM system will equip all the service’s current helicopters, beginning from the UH-60M Black Hawk, and the Future Vertical Lift helicopters in development. The U.S. Army awarded Northrop ...