The Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) allows commanders to jointly plan, coordinate and synchronize operations across air, land, sea and space assets.
By Breaking DefenseThe service’s decision to move IBCS into full-rate production is expected “early next year,” a spokesperson for prime contractor Northrop Grumman said.
By Theresa HitchensThe tests at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. were part of initial operational test and evaluation. Another test is scheduled for this fall.
By Andrew EversdenNorthrop Grumman’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System demonstrated a crucial Joint All-Domain Command and Control capability as part of several future operational scenarios at Project Convergence 21.
By Andrew EversdenNorthrop Grumman will deliver 160 Integrated Battlefield Command Systems.
By Andrew EversdenTo help accelerate American and allied military modernization and preserve global deterrence, Lockheed Martin is developing a new framework for 21st Century Warfare.
By Lockheed MartinDynetics won a contract to produce the Army’s Indirect Fires Protection Capability capability.
By Andrew EversdenThe Joint Force, he said, “should,” and “will” in future “use space strategic warning assets to meet tactical level ground requirements,” says Gen. Jim Dickinson, SPACECOM head.
By Theresa Hitchens“I would like to have overhead sensors that see everything, characterize everything that goes on on this planet from a missile perspective, all the time everywhere. … That’s unobtainium right now,” says VCJCS Gen. John Hyten.
By Theresa HitchensThe demonstration, dubbed Project Hydra, was partially funded by the Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency, says Lockheed Martin’s Dan Markham.
By Theresa Hitchens“This is a journey to see what’s possible, what can we do with today’s technologies, for a relatively minor cost,” Gen. John Murray told us. “Project Convergence ’20 cost us about the same thing as one Combat Training Center rotation” — $23 million.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is reportedly finishing its study of command and control architecture options to best defend Guam, the farthest outpost of our homeland. This new C2 system must have three features: an open architecture, the ability to bring different services’ radars and interceptors together, and disaggregation. Since leaving Indo-PACOM to pursue other…
By Harry Harris