{"id":40246,"date":"2021-12-23T23:06:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T23:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/23\/us-army-awards-northrop-14-billion-contract-for-future-battle-command-system\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:55:07","slug":"us-army-awards-northrop-14-billion-contract-for-future-battle-command-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/12\/23\/us-army-awards-northrop-14-billion-contract-for-future-battle-command-system\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army awards Northrop $1.4 billion contract for future battle command system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>UPDATE <\/i>\u2014 <i>This story has been updated to include a statement from Northrop Grumman.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.4 billion contract for both low-rate initial production and full-rate production of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/01\/13\/us-armys-future-battle-command-system-is-cleared-for-production\/\" target=\"_blank\">its future battle command system<\/a>, according to a Dec. 23 Pentagon contract announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis award represents the first significant competition for this major defense acquisition program since the 2009 award of the engineering and manufacturing development contract\u201d to Northrop Grumman, a Dec. 23 Army statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service received two bids, according to the Defense Department\u2019s announcement. The estimated completion date for the contract is Dec. 22, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/12\/12\/after-complex-test-is-the-armys-major-missile-defense-command-system-ready-for-primetime\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army\u2019s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System<\/a>, or IBCS, will link sensors and shooters across the battlefield. It was cleared for production in January 2021. The program has cost the Army roughly $2.7 billion to develop to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IBCS was originally meant to serve only as the command-and-control system for the Army\u2019s future Integrated Air and Missile Defense system against regional ballistic missile threats. But the service has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/03\/02\/growing-mission-for-future-army-battle-command-system-accounts-for-delays\/\" target=\"_blank\">since expanded its role<\/a> to tie together a broad array of sensors and shooters capable of defeating other complex threats, such as cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program experienced an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2017\/05\/25\/us-army-anti-missile-command-systems-initial-capability-delayed-four-years\/\" target=\"_blank\"> almost four-year delay<\/a> and struggled in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/02\/06\/army-falls-behind-with-new-anti-missile-command-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">2016 limited-user test<\/a>. But following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/12\/12\/us-army-anti-missile-command-system-successful-in-more-complex-soldier-test\/\" target=\"_blank\">several soldier checkouts <\/a>and other<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2018\/08\/15\/us-armys-future-missile-defense-battle-manager-put-to-test-in-multidomain-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\"> test events<\/a> over the past few years, the system had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2020\/08\/20\/armys-future-missile-defense-battle-command-system-caps-off-major-test-with-defeat-of-cruise-ballistic-missile-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\">successful limited-user test in summer 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2021\/08\/10\/us-armys-critical-missile-defense-system-will-play-role-at-project-convergence\/\" target=\"_blank\">currently in an initial operational test and evaluation<\/a> phase, which is expected to wrap up in early 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program is not only important to the United States but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/03\/28\/poland-officially-signs-deal-to-buy-patriot-from-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">also Poland<\/a>, the first international customer under contract to purchase the IBCS system for its Patriot batteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the contract issued Thursday, Northrop will deliver up to 160 systems to the Army and foreign partners, the Army statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn partnership with the U.S. Army, Northrop Grumman will deliver IBCS to the warfighter, bringing its critical all domain capabilities to the changing battlefield,\u201d Mary Petryszyn, the president of Northrop\u2018s Defense Systems division, said in a Dec. 23 statement sent to Defense News. \u201cIt\u2019s also a major milestone in the extension of our open systems architecture approach to JADC2.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JADC2, or Joint All-Domain Command and Control, is the Pentagon\u2019s major effort to connect all sensors on the battlefield to troops, enabling a speedier transfer of data, information, intelligence and communications across platforms and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army expects to reach a full-rate production decision on IBCS in fiscal 2023. \u201cThe contract will enable the program to seamlessly ramp up production to meet Army fielding priorities,\u201d according to the Army statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IBCS program is executed within the Integrated Fires Mission Command portfolio, part of the Army\u2019s Program Executive Office Missiles and Space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the Army also on Thursday awarded a $240 million contract to Boeing to integrate Improved Turbine Engine Program engines into the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter. The estimated completion date for this ITEP effort is Dec. 31, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army had validated its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2019\/04\/15\/army-sees-path-to-accelerate-itep-engine-program-with-ge\/\" target=\"_blank\">design for ITEP<\/a>, and a year ago it was on schedule to deliver the first engine for testing in the fourth quarter of FY21. 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