PortolanBearings Network · FreeIndirect Fires Protection Capability (IFPC)
Program of Record · Program Executive Office Missiles and Space
Program Type
Program of Record
Lead Agency
United States Army · Sponsor: Program Executive Office Missiles and Space
Operational Domains
Air · Land
Mission Areas
Air And Missile Defense +1
OVERVIEW
IFPC is the U.S. Army's program to protect fixed and semi-fixed sites from cruise missiles, unmanned aircraft, and rockets, artillery, and mortars. The system integrates the Sentinel radar, IBCS command-and-control, and a launcher fielding AIM-9X and other interceptors. IFPC fills a gap between short-range point defense (Stinger, M-SHORAD) and longer-range area defense (Patriot). The Army fielded the first IFPC battery in 2023 with additional batteries planned through FY30. IFPC sits under the Army's Long-Range Precision Fires cross-functional team.
AT A GLANCE
Status
Fielding
Started
2019
Organizations
3
Technologies
3
Last reviewed 2026-07-23
PROGRAM TIMELINE
Announced
COMPLETE
Prototype
COMPLETE
Testing
COMPLETE
Fielding
CURRENT PHASE
Full capability
PLANNED
OBJECTIVES
01Defend fixed sites against cruise missiles + UAS + rockets
02Integrate with IBCS + Sentinel + Patriot as one air-defense fabric
03Field additional batteries on a defined delivery cadence
04Support layered defense of forward operating bases
RELATED MISSIONS
RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS · 3
See all 3 in directory →Leidos, Inc.Participant · public program documentation
Lockheed Martin CorporationParticipant · public program documentation
Northrop Grumman CorporationParticipant · public program documentation
Participation from public program documentation — never paid, never ranked. Contact Bearings deliberately omitted from the public layer.
RELATED PROGRAMS
REFERENCES
Army PEO Missiles + SpaceCRS reportsArmy budget justification
Last reviewed 2026-07-23
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