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Army To Hold Limited User Test For IBCS Within Next Couple Months

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, March 9th, 2020

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Army To Hold Limited User Test For IBCS Within Next Couple Months

A visualization of Northrop Grumman's Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS).

The Army will hold a limited user test for its future missile defense command platform within the next couple months, a top Army missile defense official said on March 5. Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, head of Army Space and Missile Defense Command, told attendees at an Association of the United States Army event the next demonstration for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS), being developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC], will look to prove out its…

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