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Gen. Brian Gibson, who leads the Army\u2019s air and missile defense modernization effort, told Defense News in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IBCS has journeyed a rocky road to a delayed fielding, partly after failing its first limited-user test in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Software problems discovered during that first test resulted in schedule delays of nearly four years. The Army originally planned to reach initial operational capability in FY19, but those plans slipped to the third quarter of FY22, according to FY18 budget documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the system, which is meant to tie together all missile defense sensors and shooters on the battlefield through a command-and-control center, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/08\/06\/f-35-talks-to-army-missile-command-system\/\" target=_blank>seen recent success in its testing program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the manufacturer of IBCS, Northrop Grumman, the system was able to simultaneously track and engage two incoming target cruise missiles during a flight test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adding to complexity the threat-representative cruise missiles flew in a maneuvering formation until nearing targets and then \u201csplit off to attack two separate defended assets,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IBCS system was tied to the Sentinel radar, the Patriot air defense system and a Marine TPS-59 radar connected through an external Link 16 network, demonstrating the system\u2019s ability to tie into joint systems and Army-specific systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An F-35 fighter jet with sensors adapted for IBCS also contributed to the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patriot Advanced Capability-2 Guidance Enhanced Missile-TBM interceptors were used to take out the targets in the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northrop said the test \u201cdemonstrated successful interoperability and the end-to-end performance of the IBCS system to detect, track and simultaneously engage multiple threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test \u201cfurther demonstrates the maturity of the Integrated Battle Command System and its capabilities in support of Multi-Domain Operations,\u201d Maj. 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The Army has worked to keep the same unit involved \u2014 a test detachment from the 30th Brigade, 3rd Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery Regiment \u2014 in recent tests to build confidence and entrenched knowledge in the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test also proved the system isn\u2019t just useful to the Army, but could be a joint system, as it worked to tie in a Marine Corps ground radar as well as aerial sensors on an Air Force fighter jet, Gibson explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is still on the same path toward a limited-user test, Gibson added, and he expects it to begin in late spring or early summer. 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