Common Infrared Countermeasures program: Difference between revisions

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The army issued a draft request for proposals for the CIRCM contract in May 2009, opening the competitive phase for a deal to develop and install the missile jammer on thousands of helicopters and tiltrotors in US military inventory.

The winning contractor will be provide an initial 1,076 systemessystems to supply [[AH-64]] Apache, [[UH-60]] Black Hawk, [[CH-47]] Chinook and future armed scout helicopters. Currently, the DoD plans to award two or more 21-month technology development contracts first, followed by a two-year engineering and manufacturing development phase, production in 2015 and deployment from 2017. The program has an expected value of $1.5 billion.<ref>{{cite web|last=Carey|first=Bill|title=Contractors Vie for U.S. Army IR Countermeasures Program|url=http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/contractors-vie-for-us-army-ir-countermeasures-program-30822/|publisher=Aviation International News Online|accessdate=2 September 2011}}</ref>

The project replaces the army's previous plan to acquire the BAE Systems Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasure system, (ATIRCM) which failed during aerial cable range tests in November 2004, according to the draft army documents.<ref>{{cite web|last=Trimble|first=Stephen|title=US Army starts CIRCM bidding process with draft RFP|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/05/13/341910/us-army-starts-circm-bidding-process-with-draft-rfp.html|publisher=FlightGlobal.com|accessdate=6 September 2011}}</ref>