Command-and-control upgrade will ‘vastly reduce’ anti-missile salvos, Northrop says

ROYAL AIR FORCE FAIRFORD, England—A new control system will require fewer Patriot missiles to down incoming threats, conserving interceptors as stocks dwindle, a Northrop Grumman official said.The company is equipping the Army’s air-defense battalions with its Integrated Battle Command System, or IBCS, which aims to stitch together sensors and weapons to give commanders a clearer picture of the battlespace. That need was on display last month when the U.S. fired more than two do