"[T]he… Battle Command System (IBCS), using tracking data from Sentinel and Patriot radars, provided the command-and-control for a Patriot Advanced Capability Three (PAC-3) interceptor to destroy a cruise missile target," the release stated.
The flight test was conducted on November 12 and validated the ability to identify, track, engage and defeat targets. The Patriot test missile used sensors and an interceptor from different air defense systems in its integrated fire control network, Northrop Grumman said.
"The technical challenge of integrating sensors and shooters that were never designed to work together… is tremendous," Northrop Grumman Information Systems Vice President Dan Verwiel said. "IBCS is a paradigm-shifting system of systems for air and missile defense."
IBCS replaces seven older command and control systems to deliver a single integrated direction, Northrop Grumman added.
