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Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS)

Northrop Grumman command and control system linking air and missile defense sensors and shooters.

by Northrop Grumman

Limited fieldingOtherMulti-domainMilestoneJul 2025
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Integrated Battle Command System equipment and vehicles deployed at a desert test site

Photo: U.S. Army photo by Nathaniel Pierce · Public domain (PD-USGov-Military-Army) · Source-published 1000px rendition; resized and reencoded as WebP without additional crop or retouching. Federal photographer and public-domain release verified on DVIDS.

Milestones20212025
  1. Contract awardFive-year Army contract for low-rate and full-rate production, confirmed
  2. First deliveryFirst production major end item delivered to the Army, confirmed
  3. MilestoneAll low-rate initial production end items delivered, confirmed

U.S. Army program-of-record air and missile defense battle command system built by Northrop Grumman. It networks radars and interceptors from different programs into one fire-control picture, and Poland has also adopted it.

Timeline3

  1. Contract awardConfirmed

    Five-year Army contract for low-rate and full-rate production

    The company describes the contract as worth more than $1 billion.

    SourcesNorthrop Grumman

  2. First deliveryConfirmed

    First production major end item delivered to the Army

    The first item delivered was an Integrated Collaborative Environment shelter.

    SourcesNorthrop Grumman (GlobeNewswire)

  3. MilestoneConfirmed

    All low-rate initial production end items delivered

    Northrop Grumman finished delivering 142 major end items under LRIP and said full-rate production would follow.

    SourcesNorthrop Grumman

Solid entries are confirmed, outlined reported, dashed estimated or still to come; dotted italic entries are speculative. Dates show only the precision the sources give.

News1

Sources3

  1. 1.
    CompanyNorthrop Grumman Completes Delivery Under Low-Rate Initial Production Contract for Integrated Battle Command System

    Northrop Grumman · Jul 30, 2025 · Supports: System milestone

    “Northrop Grumman was awarded a five-year contract valued at more than $1 billion from the U.S. Army for low-rate initial production and full-rate production of IBCS in December 2021.”
  2. 2.
    CompanyNorthrop Grumman Completes First Production Delivery for the US Army's Integrated Battle Command System

    Northrop Grumman (GlobeNewswire) · Feb 1, 2024 · Supports: System milestone

    “delivered the first production Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) major end item, an Integrated Collaborative Environment (ICE), to the U.S. Army on December 19, 2023.”
  3. 3.
    CompanyIntegrated Battle Command System (IBCS)

    Northrop Grumman · Supports: System

    “As the centerpiece of the U.S. Army's air and missile defense modernization strategy, IBCS connects sensors and effectors never designed to work together into one command and control system.”

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