WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – Senior active and retired leaders of the Army’s air and missile defense community will formally recognize Dr. George A. Foust as the “Godfather of IBCS,” at a ceremony Wednesday at White Sands Missile Range.
The Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) is the fire control and operational center capability for the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) architecture. AIAMD provides a common mission command and sensor/weapon integration network for all Army AMD echelons that improves protection against threats in complex integrated attack scenarios.
Foust’s doctoral dissertation, entitled “Communication Command and Control (C3) in Air Defense” was hailed as the visionary document which charted the path for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) modernization efforts in the air and missile defense community. This seminal work introduced a more robust, network-centric, C3 integrated fire control system, ultimately becoming the backbone of the AIAMD concept.
The Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) program is a top Army AMD modernization priority. The Army’s modernization strategy ensures we will continue to have overmatch in a fundamentally different future environment, and part of this includes prioritizing the development of air-defense systems to ensure a capable force.
The ceremony may be viewed on the Air & Missile Defense Cross-Functional Team Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AMDCFT.
Photos of the ceremony will be located on the Army Futures Command Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) site at www.dividshub.net/unit/AFC.
An article citing Dr. Foust’s career highlights and contributions is in the recent edition of the Air Defense Artillery Journal at tradocfcoeccafcoepfwprod.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/ada-journal/archive/ada-journal/2022/PB_44_21_3_ADAJ_Web_Final.