DOD last year approved 20% cost hike in Army’s IBCS program; from $11B to $13.2B

By Jason Sherman / November 6, 2024 at 3:33 PM
The estimated price tag for the Integrated Battle Command System increased to $13.2 billion -- a 20% hike over the previous $11 billion projected cost, as part of the Pentagon's decision last year to approved the Army air-and-missile-defense networking capability for full-rate production. The increase reflects a more than $1 billion revision to the research, development, test and evaluation costs for the Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense program in a Selected Acquisition Report prepared as part of the fiscal...

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