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The Army’s top-priority IBCS system will be critical to the military’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) network, aimed at linking US forces across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace in future conflicts, said Adm. Charles Richard, chief of Strategic Command (STRATCOM).

“IBCS is one way our missile defense community is working to integrate our capabilities, ” he told the annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium, which is virtual this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, today. “When testing is complete, and IBCS can link all of our missile different systems together, that’s going to be an enormous step forward in the JADC2 arena.”

IBCS is a nested acronym for IAMD (Integrated Air & Missile Defense) Battle Command System, a network meant to link a wide variety of Army radars and weapons, such as Patriot, THAAD, and future lasers.

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