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U.S. Army Conducts Flight Test of Missile Defense Command System To Destroy Multiple Targets

Monday, April 18th, 2016

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U.S. Army Conducts Flight Test of Missile Defense Command System To Destroy Multiple Targets

The Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS). (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

U.S. Army soldiers recently conducted a dual engagement flight test of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS), developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC], to identify, track, engage, and destroy ballistic and cruise missiles, the company said Monday.The test conducted on April 8 validated the IBCS’s ability to manage multiple simultaneous threats. It used joint sensors to provide data to the IBCS engagement operations center to augment the Army’s sensor data a for a single integrated air…

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