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Army

Official: Army To Field Next-Gen Missile Defense System By 2022 Or Sooner

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, January 7th, 2019

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Official: Army To Field Next-Gen Missile Defense System By 2022 Or Sooner

A visualization of Northrop Grumman's Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS).

The Army’s future missile defense command platform has shown “improved reliability” in its most recent tests as the service looks to expand the system’s interoperability and range of sensors ahead of initial fielding by 2022, an official told reporters Monday. Col. Philip Rottenborn, project manager for integrated air and missile defense, said the Army is evaluating earlier fielding options for its Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) platform based on the results of operation testing in 2020 and efforts to…

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