Northrop Grumman Received $60.6 Million Contract to Advance Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System

Specifications:

Name:

Northrop Grumman Received $60.6 Million Contract to Advance Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System

Location:

Alabama

Company:

Northrop Grumman

Estimated Cost:

$60.6 Million

Source:

news.northropgrumman.com

Introduction:

The U.S. Army awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $60.6 million contract for continued work on the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) program.

Features:

This contract enables ongoing support for engineering, logistics, integration, test and evaluation, training and program management as IBCS progresses through the design and development phase in preparation for fielding. This work supports an upcoming IBCS Limited User Test (LUT), which will start in second quarter 2020, and leads into a Milestone C decision expected in third quarter 2020.

IBCS is the cornerstone of the Army’s IAMD modernization program. The ability of IBCS to network all available sensors and interceptors enhances battlefield survivability by providing redundancy, cyber resiliency and eliminating vectors of attack.  

IBCS further enhances survivability by allowing air defenders to have a broader view of the battlespace. IBCS integrates and fuses data from disparate sensors into a single integrated air picture with unprecedented accuracy. Networked operations enabled by IBCS expand the area of protection and allow action to be taken against threats at greater ranges.

IBCS successfully demonstrated this advanced beyond-line-of-site, engage-on-net capability in an August flight test, where a combination of Patriot and Sentinel radars connected over the IBCS Integrated Fire Control Network were used to detect and intercept a low-flying cruise missile target using a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptor. This was the farthest ever intercept by a PAC-3 air defense missile.