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AUSA Aviation 2010: CIRCM programme moving ahead

8th January 2010 - 14:30 GMT | by Tony Skinner in Washington, DC

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The US Army is on the verge of releasing a request for proposals (RfP) for a new directed infrared countermeasures system to defend helicopters against man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS) and other heat-seeking munitions, according to industry sources.

In what interested companies have been told will be an "aggressive" procurement timetable, an RfP for the Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) initiative is expected to be issued by the end of February, with contract award by September 2010.

The CIRCM programme aims to field a lighter, more capable system across the US Army's helicopter fleet that takes advantage of recent advances in

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