Northrop Grumman has announced that the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) is intended to replace the legacy command-and-control systems used by Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems…
IBCS (Integrated Battle Command System) is the U.S. Army’s program aimed at establishing a single command network for integrated air and missile defense.
The program is intended to move the U.S. Army away from stand-alone architectures tied to individual sensors or weapon systems.
IBCS uses an open and modular architecture to connect current and future capabilities through a common network.
The system fuses information from multiple sensors to provide real-time fire-control data.
IBCS currently incorporates the Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC), Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS), and Sentinel A4 systems…