Northrop Grumman -- after nearly a decade of development of the Army's Integrated Battle Command System and some $2 billion in cost growth -- managed to fend off a competitor and win a potential $1.4 billion, five-year IBCS production contract. On Dec. 23, nearly 12 years after awarding Northrop Grumman the initial IBCS development contract, the Pentagon announced Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Huntsville, AL, beat out a competitor for combined IBCS low-rate initial production and full-rate production contract. At press...
