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Integrated Battle Command System Completes Milestone: Raytheon

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Monday, January 26th, 2009

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The Integrated Battle Command System [IBCS] completed a milestone, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. During the "System Functional Laydown" to the Army customer, Raytheon and its subcontractors presented a system software and hardware architecture, establishing the system baseline, which is a prerequisite to the IBCS design. IBCS is an Army and joint development program with a modular, open architecture, system-of-systems construct allowing air and missile defense warfighters to use any sensor and any shooter within an integrated fire control network. Raytheon…

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