Distributed Common Ground/Surface Systems

Abstract

As the sole joint interoperability certification agent, Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) provides test and evaluation (T&E) services to the Distributed Common Ground/Surface Systems (DCGS) Family of Systems (FoS), a major component of the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E). The DI2E enables collection, exploitation, and dissemination of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) needed to answer priority intelligence requirements (PIRs) across military operations. Answering PIRs enables leaders to take decisive military action. DI2E components are improving battlespace awareness through modernizing and evolving how intelligence is delivered to commanders. Part of this modernization is the development of DI2E test, evaluation, and assessment concepts to improve senior leader decision support. Real-time, continuous, metrics collection combined with interactive health and status visualization methods provides quality data to inform leadership decision making. Interoperability is vital to the DoD’s success as it allows forces, units and/or systems of military services, and US partners to share the data, information, materiel, and services required to operate collaboratively and effectively. Operational testing addresses critical operational issues of a system's effectiveness in combat-like environments. Additionally, operational testing provides key stakeholders and decision makers an independent evaluation of a system’s operational effectiveness, suitability, and cyber-security. Decision makers understand the risks and capabilities before fielding new systems to the warfighters. The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (OUSD(I&S)) sponsored a Capabilities Based Assessment that resulted in an Initial Capability Document (ICD) and Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memorandum ICD for DCGS Enterprise. Per 2018 and 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS) and OUSD(I&S) direction, JITC supports T&E and independent validation of DI2E digital transformation initiatives’ interoperability, effectiveness, suitability, and survivability. Tenets for this transition and Military Intelligence Program (MIP)-wide modernization, are outlined in the OUSD(I&S) ISR Architecture Convergence Study and follow-on strategic guidance within Project Herald, also known as the Defense Intelligence Digital Transformation Campaign Plan.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2024
Source ID
0305208K_6_0400_PB_2024
Change Summary Explanation
The decrease of -$-0.063 in FY 2024 is due to budget year adjustments.
Service Agency Name
Defense Information Systems Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Information Systems Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Agile Software Development
  • Combat Support
  • Command And Control
  • Data Fabrics
  • Information Systems
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Resource Management
  • Signals Intelligence
  • Simulations
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Surveillance
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics

Technology Areas

  • Cyber

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