World Defense Show 2026: Northrop Grumman to present improved C2 management system
The Northrop Grumman Integrated Battle Command System is in service with Poland and the US Army with another 20 countries believed to have expressed an interest.
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Leonardo have unveiled a future roadmap for the ‘Icarus’ Technology Demonstration Programme (TDP), designed to design, develop and implement Modular, Integrated Protection System (MIPS) standardisation for armoured vehicles.
Addressing delegates at the Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability conference in London on 13 November, programme officials described how an ‘equipment programme’ would run from 2020 to 2030, resulting in the fielding of MIPS active protection system (APS) technology across legacy and future ground vehicle fleets of the MoD.
Guy Davies, capability manager for Vehicle Systems at Leonardo explained to delegates how the first vehicle-fit
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The Northrop Grumman Integrated Battle Command System is in service with Poland and the US Army with another 20 countries believed to have expressed an interest.
The Thales DigitalCrew package, first unveiled at last year’s Defence IQ International Armoured Vehicles conference, is designed to merge imaging and apply a layer of decision-making and observation algorithms to support crew and other personnel.
Nomad can provide militaries with real-time intelligence, saving critical time on the battlefield.
Taurus operates alongside the Israel Defense Forces’ Orion system which supports mission management across tens of thousands of manoeuvring forces, from squad leaders to battalion commanders.
The plan for the new displays follows fresh investment in Kopin’s European facilities by Theon and an order for head-up displays in fielded aircraft, with funding from the US Department of Defense.
Persistent Systems received its largest ever single order for its MPU5 devices and other systems earlier this month and has already delivered the 50 units to the US Army’s 4th Infantry Division.