
The Army on Thursday completed a successful final developmental test with its future missile defense command platform, taking down two cruise missile surrogates, as the program moves toward operational testing in 2020. The intercept demonstration was the fifth flight test of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS), being developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC], and included linking Patriot and Sentinel radars, Marine Corps sensors and participation from two Air Force F-35s. "We are extremely proud of…