Distributed Common Ground/Surface System

Abstract

As the sole joint interoperability certification agent, the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) established and maintains a Distributed Development and Test Enterprise (DDTE) for the Department of Defense (DoD) Distributed Common Ground/Surface System (DCGS) program, as directed by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) (OUSD-I). JITC chairs the DCGS Test & Evaluation (T&E) Focus Team, provides test & evaluation for assessing DCGS systems, engineers and operates the DDTE network. JITC evaluates the DCGS systems’ compliance with the DCGS Enterprise Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) and elements of the Net-Ready Key Performance Parameter (NR-KPP) to assess the information needs, timelines and assurance as well as net-ready attributes required for both the technical exchange of information and the end-to-end operational effectiveness of that exchange. DCGS is an integral and critical component of the overall DoD Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) interoperability and data integration strategy which provides world-wide ground/surface capabilities to receive, process, exploit, and disseminate data from airborne and national reconnaissance sensors/platforms and commercial sources. The key tenets of network-centric operations and the future of DCGS operations lie in the ability for any user to discover, access, and understand the data. The FY 2011 request of $3.513 million will fund the DDTE, which provides the DCGS Community of Interest (COI) an operationally relevant environment by establishing and maintaining connectivity between National Agency and Service facilities at unclassified, collateral, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), and coalition levels, and also supports the DCGS Enterprise assessment, as directed by OUSD(I), and DCGS Governance. A reduction in funding will result in reduced support to all components of the DCGS Program, including crucial DDTE network and DCGS Enterprise assessments necessary for ensuring the optimum operation of the DCGS systems.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 0305208K_7_0400_PB_2011
• Change Summary Explanation: Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2010 decrease of $0.013 million, is due to Congressional adjustments for Economic Assumptions. The DoD did not estimate FY 2011 cost when the FY 2010 President’s Budget was prepared.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Information Systems Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Information Systems Agency

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Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Command And Control
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Department Of Defense
• Engineering
• Human Intelligence
• Information Systems
• Interoperability
• Life Cycles
• Measurement And Signature Intelligence
• Signals Intelligence
• Surveillance
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation

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• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
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