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For those unfamiliar with IBCS (Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System), it's the U.S. Army ADA's (Air Defense Artillery) new integrated C4ISR system. 
https://twitter.com/noclador/status/1650335371358609410
With the appropriate integration kits, the IBCS EOC (Engagement Operations Center) will be able to provide C2 to any and all Western radars and SAMs that Ukraine operates, bypassing their organic C2 centers. It's open architecture, so integration kits can be developed as needed.
This is meant to enable an "any sensor, any effector" capability, where any integrated sensor (e.g. radar) can provide tracking and targeting data to any integrated effector (e.g. SAM launcher).
It also features IFCN (Integrated Fire Control Network) relays, which enable individual radars and launchers to be deployed 150+ km from the EOC. This can greatly increase the geographic area a fixed number of assets can defend.
It should also enable Ukraine to more directly integrate with US/NATO AEW&C aircraft and other sensors. IOW, it should automate the process through which NATO is able to pass tracking and targeting data to Ukrainian AD assets.
With that in mind, there was a line item from a prior US aid package about integrating Ukraine's legacy Soviet AD systems with Western systems. One wonders if a bootleg IBCS integration would be practical... (Apologies for not linking the package, don't have it on hand)
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