US Army plans test for combining new air defense capabilities

March 29, 2023

Defense News:

The U.S. Army is planning a major test that will tie its new command-and-control capability with a new air and missile defense radar as well as a system designed to defend against other aerial threats, according to a service official.

The service will combine its Northrop Grumman-developed Integrated Battle Command System with Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 launchers and the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor during a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, at the tail end of fiscal 2024, said Brig. Gen. Frank Lozano, the Army’s program executive officer for missiles and space.

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