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Northrop: Army Plans $5 Billion Spend Over Next Five Years On IBCS Production, Integration

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, August 27th, 2024

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Northrop: Army Plans $5 Billion Spend Over Next Five Years On IBCS Production, Integration

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 plans to spend about $5 billion over the next five years on production of the Northrop Grumman [NOC]-built Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) as well as efforts to expand integration of capabilities into the system, a company official has said. “As we’re fielding, the Army is continuing to invest. Over the next five years, the Army will continue to invest about $1 billion annually [in IBCS]. And that’s not just in production, but that’s…

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