Army asks Congress to slow IFPC Increment 2

By Ethan Sterenfeld / June 9, 2021 at 1:09 PM
The Army has asked Congress to slow the pace at which the service must purchase and field the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2, the cruise missile defense system that would interface with the rest of the military's network and radars. Currently, the Army is required by law to have two functional batteries of IFPC Increment 2 by fiscal year 2023, in addition to the two batteries of Israel's Iron Dome system the service has already purchased as IFPC Increment...

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