Poland declares Integrated Battle Command System fully combat-ready

Warsaw, Poland – Dec. 18, 2025 – In a major milestone for the Northrop Grumman Corporation-developed (NYSE: NOC) Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), Poland’s Ministry of National Defense has declared Full Operational Capability (FOC) for its IBCS-enabled WISŁA medium-range air defense system. This makes Poland the first U.S. NATO ally to fully operationalize IBCS, significantly enhancing NATO’s eastern flank with advanced, integrated air defense capabilities. This achievement follows a successful international live fire test showcasing IBCS’ ability to engage and intercept airborne targets. 
Poland’s WISŁA program is now combat-ready, featuring two IBCS-enabled adapted Patriot sensors and launchers capable of detecting and engaging threats such as missiles and aircraft through multi-sensor data fusion. The milestone reflects strong U.S. and Poland defense cooperation, with Polish crews trained and certified to operate the system.

What’s Next

• IBCS enables Poland to be interoperable with U.S. and NATO systems establishing a layered air defense network, enabling real-time multi-nation threat tracking and strengthening collective defense across allied territories. 
• The next phase of the WISŁA program will expand IBCS to include eight batteries of adapted Patriot equipment, incorporating additional launchers, interceptors, and advanced radars to deliver a comprehensive, national-scale air and missile defense capability. 
• Polish industry will continue to have a significant role to include greater local assembly, maintenance, and production contributions, enhancing Poland’s self-reliance while boosting the potential for defense exports to international partners.

Expert 

Kenn Todorov, vice president and general manager, command and control and weapons integration, Northrop Grumman, “Poland’s declaration of Full Operational Capability for IBCS showcases our ability to deliver interoperable defense solutions at scale with Poland, the U.S. and allies. As a cutting-edge solution for integrated air and missile defense, IBCS continuously enhances its capabilities with innovative, unified, and cost-effective approaches to meet global air and missile defense demands. This milestone provides advanced capabilities to effectively address complex threats, made possible through our strong collaboration with Polish industry and Northrop Grumman.”

Details on IBCS

IBCS is a revolutionary system that delivers fire control quality and battle management, unifying current and future systems regardless of source, service or domain. Through its network enabled, modular, open and scalable architecture, IBCS fuses sensor data for a single, actionable picture of the full battlespace. This ready-now capability gives warfighters more time to assess and respond to threats, serving as a foundational element for enabling joint and coalition, multi-domain operations. IBCS is in full-rate production, currently fielded in Poland, and planned for fielding in Combatant Commands in Europe and the Indo-Pacific as part of the U.S. Army program of record for integrated air and missile defense modernization.  

Photo courtesy Polish Ministry of National Defense