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 rapid fielding of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Processing, Exploitation, Dissemination (PED), and analytical capabilities at the Combatant Command (COCOM), Component/Theater Special Operations Commands (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, national intelligence agencies, combatant commands and multi-national partners. DCGS-SOF connects SOF warfighters and analysts with essential intelligence information and provides situational awareness information to SOF leadership at all echelons. The two components of DCGS-SOF are Enterprise/All Source Information Fusion (ENT/ASIF) and SOF Geospatial Intelligence Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (SGIP). ENT/ASIF provides infrastructure, processing, and intelligence analytical tools for worldwide SOF intelligence information sharing via a globally connected cloud based architecture as well as a forward disconnected capability. SGIP provides capabilities in garrison and deployed environments for the PED of manned and unmanned sensors. These technologies will be pursued via rapid prototyping efforts when appropriate.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 0305208BB_7_0400_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: Funding: FY 2021: None. FY 2022: None. FY 2023: Funding increase of $6.095 million reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President’s Budget request did not include out-year funding. Schedule: None. Technical: None.
• Service Agency Name: United States Special Operations Command

Entities

Organizations

• United States Special Operations Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• C4I
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cloud Computing
• Emerging Technology
• Geospatial Intelligence
• Information Exchange
• Machine Learning
• Military Intelligence
• Signals Intelligence
• Situational Awareness
• Software Development
• 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

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs