Breaking Defense News report on this week’s Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Ala., Army Col. Chris Hill, project manager of the Integrated Fires Mission Command Project Office briefing
Anticipates fielding its first C2, Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) in 2024. The Army then plans to begin rolling out IBCS to other Patriot units at a rate of two battalions per year. Then in the 2027 timeframe is when LTMADS [radar] should come on board.
Also mentioned was the Army passive Long Range Persistent Surveillance (ALPS), Lockheed Martin’s Remote Interceptor Guidance-360 (RIG–360) for Patriot PAC-3 integrated with IBCS, Sentinel A3 and A4 radars and the Dynetics' delayed IFPC Inc 2 prototypes.
The service anticipates fielding its first Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) in 2024, a C2 system that will be a centerpiece for the air defense effort.
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