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Army, Northrop Grumman Incorporate Patriot, Sentinel Capabilities Into IBCS

Gally Articola

Monday, October 7th, 2013

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The Army and Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Sept. 23 said they have successfully incorporated a key Patriot missile and Sentinel radar capabilities into the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS). Under the direction of the IAMD Project Office, the Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon [RTN], the Sentinel Project Office and Lockheed Martin [LMT] worked together to host the Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) and PAC-3 missile capability into the IBCS. This allows the Patriot family of interceptors to…

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