Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's acting acquisition chief, has instructed the Army to fully fund the Common Infrared Countermeasures program through its technology development phase, according to a Dec. 28 memo obtained by InsideDefense.com . In the memo, Kendall tells the Army secretary to fully fund the CIRCM program based on an independent estimate produced by the Pentagon's Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office. The total acquisition cost of the CIRCM program is $5.7 billion, according to the CAPE estimate attached...
