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Army’s IBCS Roadmap Includes Connecting In C-UAS Capabilities By 2030

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

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Army’s IBCS Roadmap Includes Connecting In C-UAS Capabilities By 2030

An IBCS Engagement Operations Center (EOC) loaded onto a M1085 Long Wheel Base truck at the Huntsville Manufacturing Center in Alabama. (Photo Credit: Northrop Grumman)

The Army’s roadmap for its new Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) includes connecting in counter-drone capabilities by 2030, a lead official said Tuesday. “Eventually, by 2030, we have to integrate all the way from counter-UAS capability in our IBCS maneuver all the way up to tactical ballistic missiles. It has to be seamless,” Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey, head of Army Space and Missile Defense Command, said during an Association of the United States Army discussion on…

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