New Tests Prove IBCS Missile Defense Network DOES Work: Northrop

New Tests Prove IBCS Missile Defense Network DOES Work: Northrop
New Tests Prove IBCS Missile Defense Network DOES Work: Northrop

“There’s a real capability that can be deployed as soon as the government says it can be,” Northrop Grumman’s Rob Jassey told me, possibly even in “months.”

Army IBCS Missile Defense System Tracks Jets Despite Jamming

Army IBCS Missile Defense System Tracks Jets Despite Jamming
Army IBCS Missile Defense System Tracks Jets Despite Jamming

The Army’s embattled missile defense network, IBCS, passed a major field test at Yuma Proving Ground in October, contractor Northrop Grumman announced today. In stark contrast to chronic software crashes early on, the command-and-control system accurately tracked everything from drones to helicopters to fighter jets, both Army aircraft and Marine ones. (It’s hit ballistic and…