Huntsville, Ala. – July 30, 2025 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully completed delivery of major end items (MEIs) for the U.S. Army’s Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract for the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), the Army’s program of record for integrated air and missile defense. This milestone marks a crucial advancement in next-generation air-and-missile defense technology and demonstrates the system's ready-now capabilities.
During the LRIP program phase, Northrop Grumman manufactured IBCS at scale and speed, successfully delivering all MEIs under LRIP, allowing the U.S. Army to accelerate the fielding process.
This milestone follows last year’s delivery of the first full set of IBCS MEIs. Under the LRIP contract, Northrop Grumman produced and delivered 142 MEIs: 35 Engagement Operations Centers (EOC), 75 Integrated Fire Control Network (IFCN) Relays and 32 Integrated Collaborative Environments (ICE) from our manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
Expert:
“Northrop Grumman’s delivery of IBCS MEIs to the U.S. Army underscores our commitment to deliver cutting-edge technology,” said Jeremy Knupp, vice president, global command and control solutions, Northrop Grumman. “We have the manufacturing depth and capacity to deliver IBCS at speed, ensuring our armed forces are equipped to meet the challenges of modern warfare with enhanced situational awareness, decision-making precision and operational adaptability.”
What’s Next:
- As a trusted innovator with a legacy of disruption, Northrop Grumman will now begin manufacturing IBCS under our full-rate production contract with the U.S. Army at our state-of-the-art integration center in Madison, Alabama. The new Enhanced Production and Integration Center (EPIC) builds on our ability to scale and accelerate production of critical capabilities, while expanding capacity for high-rate manufacturing programs.
A photo of an Engagement Operations Center (EOC) at Northrop Grumman’s Enhanced Production & Integration (EPIC) manufacturing facility in Madison, Alabama. Northrop Grumman. (Photo Credit: Northrop Grumman)
Details on IBCS:
IBCS is a revolutionary command and control system that unifies current and future systems regardless of source, service or domain. Through its network enabled, modular, open and scalable architecture, IBCS fuses sensor data for a single, actionable picture of the full battlespace. This ready-now capability gives warfighters more time to assess and respond to threats, serving as a foundational element for enabling joint and coalition, multi-domain operations IBCS is in production and will be fielded as part of the U.S. Army’s program of record for integrated air and missile defense modernization.
Northrop Grumman was awarded a five-year contract valued at more than $1 billion from the U.S. Army for low-rate initial production and full-rate production of IBCS in December 2021.
About Northrop Grumman:
With nearly 100,000 employees and over 30 million square feet of manufacturing space – more than 500 football fields – Northrop Grumman has the capacity, scale, and agility to drive innovation at unprecedented speeds. The company’s manufacturing approaches do more than just produce; they accelerate and enhance the entire process from design and development to production and testing. Northrop Grumman has invested in U.S. infrastructure, R&D, its workforce, and its supply chain to deliver today and tomorrow’s national security needs.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company. Our pioneering solutions equip our customers with the capabilities they need to connect and protect the world and push the boundaries of human exploration across the universe. Driven by a shared purpose to solve our customers’ toughest problems, our employees define possible every day.