The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a five-year contract valued at over $1 billion to produce the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS).
The agreement would address low-rate initial production and full-rate production, touting IBCS’s open, modular, and scalable architecture capabilities being key to integrating assets in the battlespace regardless of source, service, or domain.
Additionally, the pact calls for Northrop Grumman to produce and field IBCS while providing product engineering and logistics support for domestic and select allied forces through foreign military sales.
“IBCS is a centerpiece of the U.S. Army’s modernization strategy for air and missile defense to address the changing battlefield,” Mary Petryszyn, corporate vice president and president, Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, said. “Working closely with the Army, we look forward to leveraging the IBCS architecture to create an all-domain command and control capability.”
The most recent contract award stems from the IBCS program’s latest flight test integrating multi-domain systems and the U.S. Department of Defense’s decision to authorize IBCS to proceed into low rate initial production via successful Limited User Test results.
Northrop Grumman conveyed the company equips clients with the ability to connect, advance, and protect America and its allies through a shared purpose of solving customers’ toughest problems.