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IBCS Completes Fourth Army Test

Wednesday, August 15th, 2018

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IBCS Completes Fourth Army Test

The Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS). (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) demonstrated an ability to scale up across long distances during a successful five-week long U.S. Army test, the company said on Wednesday.The multi-node distributed test occurred with Army air and missile defense assets spread across over 20 nodes from White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Fort Bliss, Texas, and Redstone Arsenal, Ala. The company did not disclose exactly when the test occurred.IBCS is the company’s open-architecture battle-command processor…

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