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Army

Army Now Holding Limited User Test For IBCS

Friday, August 7th, 2020

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Army Now Holding Limited User Test For IBCS

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

An Army official confirmed the service’s future missile defense command platform is currently undergoing a second Limited User Test (LUT) ahead of planned fielding in 2022. The Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) is currently “going through a second limited user test…that will end next month. A tremendous amount of teamwork has gone into this LUT,” Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, head of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command, said during the virtual Space and Missile…

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