The US Army Plans to Conduct Testing of Missile Defense Command System with THAAD Weapon

The U.S. Army plans to test this month whether its key command-and-control system can operate its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System. The Army originally developed the Integrated Battle Command System as the brains of a future air and missile defense system. As part of the Army’s effort to connect a web of sensors and shooters on the battlefield, it spent more than a decade developing IBCS to work with radars like the Sentinel A4, Patriot, Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor and the Indirect Fires Protection Capability. IBCS is now a program of record and will mostly live under the purview of Program Executive Office Missiles and Space. The cross-functional team is continuing to work on “agile development” of the technology. Jen Judson is an award-winning journalistr.