Northrop Grumman’s experience with integrated air and missile defence command and control, including its Integrated Battle Command System, offers a basis for collaboration with MBDA’s solutions such as the ARANEUS system. The companies will assess where their capabilities align to strengthen future German defence architecture.
“Northrop Grumman is dedicated to collaborating with our industrial partners to create innovative, sovereign solutions that improve the performance and effectiveness of both current and future integrated air and missile defense systems. A connected battlespace across Germany and its European allies, supported by advanced command and control technologies like IBCS, is essential for deterring and countering aggression. This connectivity is further enhanced by collaborative efforts within the defense industry, such as the opportunities we will explore with MBDA Deutschland,” said Kenn Todorov, vice president and general manager, command and control and weapons integration, Northrop Grumman.
“The MOU is of great importance for industrial cooperation between the United States and Germany. We are evaluating the capabilities and strengths of our companies to investigate possible integrated solutions for the German armed forces air defence systems. It is our combined goal to strengthen air defence in Germany and NATO partner nations to enable joint operations,” said Thomas Gottschild, MBDA executive group director strategy and managing director, MBDA Deutschland.
The Integrated Battle Command System supports fire control and battle management by unifying current and future systems regardless of service or domain. Its modular and scalable architecture fuses sensor data into a single operational picture, providing forces with more time to evaluate and counter threats, and it is already in full-rate production with fielding underway in Poland and planned across Europe and the Indo-Pacific.
