
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and the Army are gearing up for four major flight tests of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) that begin in May at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.IBCS replaces the legacy command and control systems for seven systems, pulling data from multiple sources into a network to provide a single common picture for soldiers. This information is easy to interpret and share at all levels.As an open architecture system, IBCS could eventually allow…