The US Army has approved production of test batches of the new generation Sentinel A4 radar for the IBCS integrated air and missile defence system

Northrop Grumman has developed an integrated battle management system for missile and air defence. The U.S. Army has approved the production of a test batch of new-generation Sentinel A4 radars for it.

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Northrop Grumman's system is called IBCS (Integrated Air and Missile Defence Battle Command System). It will make it possible to repel enemy attacks in real time. The U.S. military wants to combine IBCS with the IFPC Increment 2 ground-based weapon system and LTAMDS (Lower Tier Air and Missile Defence Sensor) radars.

IFPC Increment 2 will be able to provide defence against unmanned aerial vehicles, artillery rockets, mortars and cruise missiles. LTAMDS will enable 360-degree airspace monitoring.

Sentinel A4 will replace the A3 radar and older models. The next-generation radar will be able to simultaneously detect and track the different types of air threats listed above.

By fiscal year 2025, the U.S. Army intends to receive 19 Sentinel A4 radars for testing and evaluation. In total, the service wants to have 240 of these radars in service.

Source: Defence News