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Northrop Grumman Calls Open Architecture Key To IBCS Bid

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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt Open architecture is key to the Northrop Grumman [NOC] team bid for prime contractor in the Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) competition to be awarded this summer, a company official said. "We've got to get rid of service, proprietary solutions...that' s a huge step forward in this whole idea of netcentric operations," Rob Jassey, director of Integrated Air and Missile Defense Programs, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, said in a teleconference June 9.…

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