The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) have completed a series of warfighter-centered design exercises for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS). The exercises are part of the IBCS development plan that incorporates a disciplined focus on the needs and limitations of the soldier in order to improve and shorten decision and execution cycles when using the system.

IBCS features the warfighter-centered design philosophy and process that gives extensive attention to the needs, wants and limitations of the end user – the warfighter. The design process is based on user involvement, iterative prototyping and user-based assessment. It involves prototyping concepts prior to development and validation testing of the design concepts with actual users. This ensures that the design satisfies the operational needs of the user and reduces development costs by validating the concepts before the software is built.

"The usability of a system can be measured," said Ed McAlister, IBCS program director for Northrop Grumman. "Our interdisciplinary team of software and systems engineers, human factors engineers and graphic artists develop the IBCS system with the human element as an integral part of the system, and these human performance assessments are a crucial part of the process.

Systems that will be integrated via IBCS include Patriot, Surface-Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM), Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS), Improved Sentinel radar, and – if the U.S. Department of Defense directs the inclusion – Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS).

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.

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