Officials: IBCS completes 'most complex' test to date

By Ashley Tressel / August 13, 2020 at 3:22 PM
The Army today completed a successful live-fire test of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System, or IBCS, at White Sands Missile Range, NM, that officials called "the most complex to date.” The test included multiple sensors and shooters and a command-and-control system that designated a response to the appropriate shooter. The distance between nodes was more than 50 km. Col. Phil Rottenborn, project manager for integrated air and missile defense with the Program Executive Office for Missiles...

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