AMERICA’S ARMY WINNING IN A COMPLEX WORLD
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ACAT I/III<br />
Common Missile Warning System (CMWS), Laser Detection System (LDS),<br />
Radar Warning Receiver (RWR), Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures<br />
(ATIRCM) and Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) Programs<br />
PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors | Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD<br />
WARFIGHT<strong>IN</strong>G<br />
FUNCTION<br />
Mission Command<br />
Movement and Maneuver<br />
Intelligence<br />
Fires<br />
Sustainment<br />
Maneuver Support<br />
and Protection<br />
Engagement<br />
ACQUISITION<br />
LIFECYCLE PHASE<br />
Materiel Solution Analysis<br />
Technology Maturation &<br />
Risk Reduction<br />
Engineering & Manufacturing<br />
Development<br />
Production & Deployment<br />
Operations & Support<br />
MILESTONE DECISION<br />
AUTHORITY<br />
Defense Acquisition Executive<br />
Army Acquisition Executive<br />
Program Executive Officer<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
The Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) and Advanced Threat<br />
Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) system integrates defensive<br />
infrared (IR) countermeasures capabilities into existing, currentgeneration<br />
aircraft to engage and defeat IR-guided missile threats.<br />
The Army operational requirements concept for IR countermeasures<br />
systems is the Suite of Integrated Infrared Countermeasures (SIIRCM).<br />
The CMWS and ATIRCM programs form the core element of SIIRCM.<br />
CMWS can function as a stand-alone system with the capability to<br />
detect missiles and provide audible and visual warnings to pilots.<br />
When installed with the Advanced IRCM Munitions and improved<br />
countermeasure dispensers, it activates expendables to decoy and defeat<br />
IR-guided missiles.<br />
ATIRCM protects crews and aircraft from advanced threat Man<br />
Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) until CIRCM is fielded.<br />
The CIRCM program of record is entering Engineering &<br />
Manufacturing Development (EMD) and is being developed to replace<br />
ATIRCM. CIRCM will be lighter weight and more reliable, and have<br />
more affordable lifecycle costs. It is also designed to operate with<br />
CMWS and future missile warning systems to provide protection for<br />
rotary-wing, tiltrotor and small fixed-wing aircraft across DoD.<br />
BENEFIT TO THE WARFIGHTER<br />
MANPADS are proliferated worldwide and pose a strategic threat to<br />
all DoD rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft. Threat detection sensors<br />
are the first step in the detection-and-defeat engagement sequence.<br />
Improving sensor capability and exploiting new sensor technology<br />
translates into seeing the threat sooner and at greater distances, buying<br />
more time for the warfighter to successfully engage with an effective<br />
countermeasure solution. The combination of CIRCM and flares helps<br />
provide a tiered defense for DoD aircraft.<br />
SPECIFICATIONS<br />
Threat detection systems:<br />
• CMWS detects threats in the ultraviolet spectrum, warns pilots<br />
and deploys flares to counter threat<br />
• The Laser Detection System detects laser-guided threats and<br />
warns pilots<br />
• The Radar Warning Receiver detects Radio Frequency (RF)-<br />
emitting and RF-guided threats, and warns pilots<br />
Threat defeat systems:<br />
• CIRCM system, the next generation lightweight laser-based system,<br />
defeats IR-guided MANPAD threats<br />
• ATIRCM, the legacy laser-based infrared countermeasure system,<br />
is fielded only to the CH-47F fleet due to its size, weight and<br />
power requirements<br />
PROGRAM STATUS<br />
• 4QFY13: Integrated onto select fixed-wing platforms<br />
• Current: All aircraft deployed in support of contingency operations<br />
equipped with CMWS prior to deployment; now fielding<br />
Generation 3 Electronic Control Unit (ECU) and Missile Warning<br />
Algorithms for all aircraft<br />
PROJECTED ACTIVITIES<br />
• FY16-FY17:<br />
››<br />
CIRCM Milestone (MS) B Acquisition Decision Milestone signed<br />
and EMD contract awarded for the EMD phase effort<br />
››<br />
ATIRCM: Continue fielding to CH-47D/F; MS C re-approved;<br />
ATIRCM continues as the Army’s most advanced Aircraft<br />
Survivability Equipment system designed to protect Army<br />
aircrews from advanced MANPADS<br />
››<br />
CMWS: Continue fielding Generation 3 ECU<br />
• 2QFY18: CIRCM: MS C<br />
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UNITED STATES <strong>ARMY</strong>