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Northrop Grumman, Army Demonstrate IBCS Capability

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] presented an integrated air picture capability demonstration to Defense Department officials March 18-19 with the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) at the Pentagon. Northrop Grumman is developing IBCS under the direction of Army IAMD Project Office, the Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. The demonstration highlighted how IBCS delivers a single integrated air picture easily understood by commanders and air defense operators to greatly improve aircraft and missile tracking…

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