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Army Cruise Missile Intercept Test Uses Prototype Comms Device Connected To IBCS

Army Cruise Missile Intercept Test Uses Prototype Comms Device Connected To IBCS
The Army Integrated Fires Mission Command and Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment conducted a successful missile flight test with the Northrop Grumman Integrated Air & Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. on Nov. 17, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Army, Darrell Ames)

Earlier this month, the Army conducted a set of missile defense flight tests that used a new prototype communications device that connects the battle management system to a Patriot missile interceptor. During Integrated Flight Test-2 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., on Nov. 17, Army Integrated Fires Mission Command and members of the 3rd Battalion 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment successfully tested the Lockheed Martin [LMT] prototype Remote Interceptor Guidance – 360 (RIG-360) device to communicate with an in-flight Patriot…

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