{"id":14443,"date":"2018-03-19T11:42:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T11:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/19\/army-to-tie-two-critical-air-and-missile-defense-systems-together-within-two-years\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:49:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:49:01","slug":"army-to-tie-two-critical-air-and-missile-defense-systems-together-within-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/2018\/03\/19\/army-to-tie-two-critical-air-and-missile-defense-systems-together-within-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Army to get THAAD and Patriot systems to communicate within two years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Army is planning to tie its two most critical air and missile defense systems together within two years, which is key to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/01\/26\/is-the-army-ready-to-transform-its-missile-defense-force\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">establishing a more effective, layered approach to AMD,<\/a> according to the one-star general in charge of modernizing the service\u2019s AMD capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The approach could enhance the development of the Army\u2019s future AMD command-and-control system, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/03\/02\/growing-mission-for-future-army-battle-command-system-accounts-for-delays\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System<\/a> \u2014 or IBCS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/07\/11\/us-army-missile-defense-system-destroys-target-in-test\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Terminal High Altitude System, or THAAD,<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/02\/16\/us-army-sees-faster-path-for-patriot-radar-replacement\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Patriot medium-range air and missile defense system<\/a> are the \u201cbread and butter\u201d of Army air and missile defense, Brig. 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THAAD is also deployed in Guam, while Patriot units are spread wider around the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/video\/2017\/10\/11\/soldiers-attached-to-patriot-system-may-get-decreased-deployment\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Patriot deployments<\/a> are considered to be among the most taxing and lengthy ones in the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got THAAD and Patriot on the peninsula of Korea working side by side,\u201d McIntire said, so \u201chow do we leverage those two systems so we can have better use of each one of those systems, missiles, and taking advantage of the great [AN\/TPY-2] radar that is part of THAAD to increase the battlespace of Patriot?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CFT held an industry day bringing together key stakeholders including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to work on the challenge of integrating the systems, McIntire said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the CFT had a chance to take a fresh look at the possibility of integration, MDA didn\u2019t think it would be able to tie together the systems until the \u201cout-years,\u201d he said, referring to years beyond the currently planned budget years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But \u201cwe were able to reprioritize, and some of the things that we were doing to integrate THAAD and Patriot were four and five years away, but we kind of magnified the problem and were able to reprioritize three significant capabilities that we thought would be game-changers with those and actually bring them in about two years to 18 months sooner,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CFT did not want a niche system to solve the problem, and it determined the capability should inform the brains of the Army\u2019s future Integrated Air-and-Missile Defense \u2014 that is, IBCS, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/12\/12\/us-army-anti-missile-command-system-successful-in-more-complex-soldier-test\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">which is still in development<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initial fielding of IBCS has been pushed back by several years because the Army wants it to tie together more systems on the battlefield than originally required. 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Integrated Air-and-Missile Defense will ultimately replace Patriot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By coming up with an interim solution that helps develop IBCS, the Army won\u2019t pay to tie together THAAD and Patriot \u2014 as well as other systems \u2014 twice, according to McIntire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will be able to take that and, at the appropriate time, slide it into an increment of the future with IBCS,\u201d McIntire said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a capability that we will use in the interim until IBCS comes online, but it\u2019s going to be with the IBCS style guide, for lack of a better term, and IBCS-informed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, the Army was trying to bring the second increment of IBCS online in fiscal 2022, but with some of the activities being conducted now over the next 18 to 24 months, it\u2019s possible the service could 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