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Army

Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems Move To Tech Development On CIRCM Program

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

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The Army yesterday said Jan. 31 it awarded contracts to BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman [NOC] over Raytheon [RTN] and ITT Exelis [XLS] for the Technology Development (TD) phase of the Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM). The TD Phase contracts provide for a 21-month period of performance. The contracts, issued by the Project Manager for Aircraft Survivability Equipment (PM ASE), include both Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) and Firm Fixed Price (FFP) elements and will use competitive prototyping. In January, the…

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