The Integrated Battle Command System did not spring from a blank sheet. It emerged from a growing recognition within the U.S. Army that the stovepiped, single-system architecture governing air and missile defense (AMD) was structurally incapable of meeting the threat environment taking shape in the 2010s. Legacy Patriot batteries, THAAD systems, and short-range air defense … Continue reading IBCS at the Crossroads: From Flight Tests to the Fight That Matters