Pentagon solicits prototypes for Joint Battle Manager to unify Guam missile defense

By Jason Sherman / June 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Pentagon is seeking prototypes for a new command-and-control system that would serve as the digital core of Guam's air and missile defense -- a Joint Integrated Battle Manager (JIBM) that can fuse data from multiple military systems into a single, coordinated engagement picture to counter advanced Chinese threats. On June 13, the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office published a request -- issued on behalf of the Guam Defense System Joint Project Office (GDS JPO) -- for JIBM...

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