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Army’s IBCS Test Plan Prepares For Guam Mission

Monday, August 14th, 2023

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Army’s IBCS Test Plan Prepares For Guam Mission

The IBCS provides a common mission command and sensor/weapon integration network for all Army AMD echelons that improves protection against threats in complex integrated attack scenarios. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – An Army official last week laid out how the Army’s test plan for its new command and control system is set up to be ready to deploy systems to Guam later this decade. The Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), built by Northrop Grumman [NOC], was approved for full-rate production in April (Defense Daily, April 12). Then, in May, the company announced IBCS achieved its initial operational capability (IOC), showing it meets objective…

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