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Army

SASC Calls For Army To Assess Its Integrated Air And Missile Defense Capabilities

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, June 24th, 2020

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SASC Calls For Army To Assess Its Integrated Air And Missile Defense Capabilities

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

The Senate Armed Services Committee is urging the Army to conduct a full assessment of its integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) portfolio to ensure current and future capabilities are able to meet growing threats from peer competitors. The full version of SASC’s fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill, released Tuesday evening, calls for a classified report on the Army’s IAMD enterprise by February 2021 which is to be reviewed by the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.…

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