Distributed Common Ground/Surface Systems

Abstract

This program element is part of the Military Intelligence Program (MIP). The Distributed Common Ground/Surface System Special Operations Forces (DCGS-SOF) is part of a family of systems providing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Processing, Exploitation, Dissemination (PED), and analytical capabilities at the Component/TSOC level and below through a combination of reach back, forward support, and collaboration. The mission tailored infrastructure interconnects the warfighters, analysts, and sensors to find and fix High Value Targets and provides a network-enabled, interoperable construct allowing continual, unimpeded sharing of intelligence data, information and services with SOF and between the Services, other national intelligence agencies, combatant commands and multi-national partners. It connects the SOF warfighters and support analysts with essential intelligence information and provides situational awareness information to SOF leadership at all echelons. The three components of DCGS-SOF include the following: The Enterprise All Source Information Fusion (ENT/ASIF) provides infrastructure, processing and intelligence analytical tools capabilities to allow for worldwide SOF intelligence information sharing via a globally connected cloud based architecture as well as a forward disconnected capability. SOF Geospatial Intelligence Processing Exploitation, and Dissemination (SGIP) provides capabilities in garrison and deployed environments of manned and unmanned sensors. SOF Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Processing, Exploitation, Dissemination (PED) provides SIGINT exploitation capability in both garrison and deployed environments. Middle-Tier Acquisition (2016 NDAA Section 804) to accommodate rapid prototyping, may be utilized.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0305208BB_7_0400_PB_2020
• Change Summary Explanation: Funding: FY 2018: Decrease of -$0.008 is due to a minor reprogramming. FY 2019: None. FY 2020: Decrease of -$0.029 is due to minor adjustments. Schedule: Market research results and the pivot to the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Fusion Analysis and Development Effort (FADE) platform modifies technology development objectives and timelines. Technical: Usability testing and requirements refinement led to market research and technology shift to partner with NRO to utilize their fielded Government/Commercial off the Shelf FADE system after making SOF enhancements.
• Service Agency Name: United States Special Operations Command

Entities

Organizations

• United States Special Operations Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• C4I
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging Technology
• Geospatial Intelligence
• Information Exchange
• Language
• Military Intelligence
• Natural Language Processing
• Signals Intelligence
• Situational Awareness
• Software Prototyping
• Special Operations Forces
• Surveillance
• Test And Evaluation
• Unified Combatant Commands
• United States
• United States Special Operations Command

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
• Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs