Northrop Grumman's Integrated Sensor Manager (ISM) was used to cue the Airborne Infrared (ABIR) sensor for the US Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) during the US Missile Defense Agency's FTX-17 trial conducted on 8 July 2011, the company announced on 10 August. ISM is a prototype capability being developed to enable the more accurate tracking and threat identification needed for intercepting a missile earlier in flight. It is intended to demonstrate improved ability to task sensors for acquisition, correlation and tracking; generate position, velocity and acceleration data of objects in flight; perform target-feature extraction and discrimination for early identification of threats; and optimise the use of limited sensor and interceptor resources.
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