Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM)
Abstract
The Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) budget line includes funding to support the development and integration of Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) products onto Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA), Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) aircraft variants and future platforms. The CIRCM budget line includes 1) CIRCM, 2) funding to counter emerging technology as identified in Joint Urgent Operational Needs Statement (JUONS) SO-0010 Phase 2a and the Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) Directed Requirement for the CIRCM Quick Reaction Capability(QRC), 3) funding to support HQDA Directed Requirement for the Phase 3 Advanced Threat Warner (ATW)/CIRCM QRC. CIRCM (EB4) CIRCM is the next generation lightweight, laser-based Infrared Countermeasure (IRCM) component that will interface with both the Army's Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) and future missile warning systems (MWS) to defeat current and emerging missile threats that use multispectral technology for rotary-wing, tilt-rotor and small fixed-wing aircraft across the DoD. CIRCM receives an angular bearing hand-off from the MWS, employs a pointing and tracking system which acquires the handed-over threat and tracks the incoming missile during and after motor burnout. CIRCM jams the missile by using modulated laser energy in the missile seeker band, thus degrading the tracking capability of the missile and causing it to miss the aircraft. CIRCM is utilizing Open Systems Architecture which allows flexibility with software and hardware refreshes. Tech insertions, when coupled with future threat acquisition and integration, will ensure CIRCM performance to keep pace with future threats. CIRCM is part of the suite of ASE Mission Equipment for the FVL platform. The CIRCM A-Kit includes mounting hardware, wiring harnesses, and other components necessary to install and interface the mission kit on host aircraft. The A-Kit ensures the mission kit is functionally and physically operational with a specific host aircraft type. The CIRCM B-Kit is the mission kit (laser, pointer tracker, and controller) required to achieve near spherical coverage for an aircraft. JUONS SO-0010 and CIRCM QRC As a part of Phase 2a of the JUONS (SO-0010) program, the Army integrated the Department of the Navy Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (DoN LAIRCM) system onto the Army and Special Operations Aircraft platforms. Due to a number of challenges, circumstances, and variables, the Army updated the ATW/CIRCM QRC and Limited Interim Missile Warning System (LIMWS) Directed Requirements (dated November 16, 2018). The updated requirements extend the utilization of ATW DoN LAIRCM on conventional Army aircraft and cancel the need for the ATW/CIRCM QRC system for the conventional Army. (It should be noted that the updated requirement maintains the need for ATW/CIRCM on the Special Operations Aircraft. Sustainment of ATW on Special Operations Aircraft will transfer to Special Operations Aircraft budget line in FY22.) As a result, the Army did not acquire the ATW sensors for use in Phase 3 of the JUONS effort. Instead, the Army accelerated the procurement of the CIRCM QRC systems for use with the currently fielded CMWS in preparation for transition to the LIMWS system. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Base Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDTE) funding in the amount of $16.630 million will fund A-Kit development, integration and test activities on multi-variant platforms.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 0605035A_5_2040_PB_2022
- Change Summary Explanation
- Funding increase of $9.494 million required to support A-Kit development and integration testing for UH-60V and AH-64E v6 platforms, in accordance with the Army Cost Position for Full Rate Production Decision.
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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