The Army's Common Infrared Countermeasure program -- an effort led by Northrup Grumman to outfit U.S. military helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft with a next-generation defense against infrared-guided missiles -- is a $2.6 billion endeavor to buy more than 1,000 missile warning and countermeasure systems, congressional auditors reveal in a new report. The Government Accountability Office, in a report on selected big-ticket weapons programs , provides new details about the full programmatic and budgetary scope of the CIRCM program, details...
