Army IBCS wraps up developmental test plan with cruise missile target intercept

By Jason Sherman / July 15, 2021 at 3:51 PM
The Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System today successfully completed its sixth and final developmental test -- countering a pair of cruise missile targets today at White Sands Missile Range, NM -- setting the stage for the $7.9 billion program to proceed with initial operational testing this fall. IBCS prime contractor Northrop Grumman announced the development. An Army spokesman, Darrell Ames, told Inside Defense the government vouched for the substance of the Northrop announcement. During the...

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