Northrop Grumman to Produce and Supply Battle Command System to U.S. Army
The company will produce and supply over the next 5 years 160 IBCS systems worth $ 1.4 billion
Eyal Boguslavsky
| 27/12/2021
Photo: Northrop Grumman website
The Pentagon last week awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.4 billion contract for production and supply of 160 of its future battle command system to U.S. Army and foreign partners. The system is currenntly in an initial operation test and evaluation phase expected to wrap up in early 2022. The estimated completion date for the contract is Dec. 22, 2026.
The Army's Integrated Battle Command System, or IBCS, will link sensors and shooters across the battlefield. It was cleared for production in January 2021.
Defensenews.com website reports that the program has cost the Army roughly $2.7 billion to develop to date and was originally meant to serve only as the command-and-control system for the Army’s future Integrated Air-and-Missile Defense System against regional ballistic missile threats. However, the service has since expanded its role to tie together a broad array of sensors and shooters capable of defeating other complex threats, such as cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft.
The program experienced an almost four-year delay and struggled in a 2016 limited user test. But following several soldier checkouts and other test events. over the past few years, the system had a successful limitd user test in summer 2020.
The program is not only important to the United States but also in Poland, the first international customer under contract to purchase the IBCS system for its Patriot batteries.
The company will produce and supply over the next 5 years 160 IBCS systems worth $ 1.4 billion
Photo: Northrop Grumman website
The Pentagon last week awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.4 billion contract for production and supply of 160 of its future battle command system to U.S. Army and foreign partners. The system is currenntly in an initial operation test and evaluation phase expected to wrap up in early 2022. The estimated completion date for the contract is Dec. 22, 2026.
The Army's Integrated Battle Command System, or IBCS, will link sensors and shooters across the battlefield. It was cleared for production in January 2021.
Defensenews.com website reports that the program has cost the Army roughly $2.7 billion to develop to date and was originally meant to serve only as the command-and-control system for the Army’s future Integrated Air-and-Missile Defense System against regional ballistic missile threats. However, the service has since expanded its role to tie together a broad array of sensors and shooters capable of defeating other complex threats, such as cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft.
The program experienced an almost four-year delay and struggled in a 2016 limited user test. But following several soldier checkouts and other test events. over the past few years, the system had a successful limitd user test in summer 2020.
The program is not only important to the United States but also in Poland, the first international customer under contract to purchase the IBCS system for its Patriot batteries.
