Poland Signs Agreement to Purchase Northrop Grumman's Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System
28 Mars 2018 - 9:12PM
Poland leading NATO on transforming air and missile defense,
ensuring coalition interoperability and acquiring flexibility for
addressing future threats
WARSAW, Poland, March 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
The government of Poland has signed a Letter of Offer and
Acceptance (LOA) with the U.S. government to purchase the Northrop
Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)-developed Integrated Air and Missile
Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS).
The LOA allows the U.S. government to start
contracting with Northrop Grumman for production and delivery of
IBCS that enables Poland's modernized air defense capabilities.
Poland becomes the first international partner
country to purchase the IBCS. By implementing IBCS, Poland will
transform its IAMD capabilities in a manner consistent with how the
U.S. Army is revolutionizing IAMD. Poland will also ensure seamless
integration of its air defense forces in allied operations.
"We congratulate Poland on its recent anniversary
of accession to NATO," said Dan Verwiel, vice president and general
manager, missile defense and protective systems, Northrop Grumman.
"With IBCS, Poland sets a new standard for NATO for the most
cutting edge IAMD capabilities possible."
"Northrop Grumman looks forward to working with
the Polish Ministry of National Defence and Polish industry to help
produce and sustain IBCS for the WISLA program," said Tarik Reyes,
vice president, business development, missile defense and
protective systems, Northrop Grumman.
IBCS continues to confirm the effectiveness of a
net-centric, enterprise approach to IAMD for getting capabilities
to the warfighter that make a pivotal difference on the
battlefield. IBCS replaces stove-piped legacy C2 systems to deliver
a single integrated air picture and offer the flexibility to deploy
smaller force packages. By integrating sensors and interceptors,
IBCS provides wider area surveillance and broader protection areas.
With its truly open systems architecture, IBCS enables
incorporation of current and future sensors and weapon systems and
interoperability with joint C2 and the ballistic missile defense
system.
Key to IAMD transformation and the Army IAMD
portfolio, the IBCS is managed by the U.S. Army IAMD Project
Office, Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space, Redstone
Arsenal, Alabama.
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Source: Northrop Grumman Corp. via Globenewswire
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