MDA is disaggregating THAAD to integrate with IBCS in 'big' five-year software project

By Jason Sherman / October 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Missile Defense Agency and Army are moving ahead with plan to merge the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system into the service's new Integrated Battle Command System -- a shift with the potential to fundamentally change how the Army defends against missiles as well as support the Golden Dome domestic air defense project. The initiative, backed by analysis that showed THAAD-IBCS integration would substantially improve the performance of THAAD against sophisticated threats , has overcome earlier concerns by some...

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