Distributed Common Ground/Surface Systems

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, and 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 2012 funding of +$3.154 million supports the DDTE, which provides the DCGS Community of Interest (COI) an operationally relevant environment by establishing and maintaining connectivity between National Agency, Coalition partners and Service facilities at unclassified, collateral, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), and coalition levels. It will also support the DCGS Enterprise assessment, as directed by OUSD(I), and DCGS Governance. This effort provides the basis for the DCGS Enterprise Assessment, allowing the OUSD (I) to determine the validity and maturity status of the DCGS Enterprise during its development. Rigorous testing and evaluation is required to ensure the DCGS Systems do not bring vulnerabilities to the networks. The DCGS Service Programs of Record end-state domain is the SIPRNet, the C2 network for the entire Department. DCGS, as a whole, is a critical element of the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2013
• Source ID: 0305208K_7_0400_PB_2013
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2011 reduction of -$0.028 supports higher agency priorities. The FY 2013 reduction of -$0.012 is due to the increased utilization of DCO and teleconferences in lieu of travel and adjustments for inflation.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Information Systems Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Information Systems Agency

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Command And Control
• Commerce
• Cost Analysis
• Human Intelligence
• Information Systems
• Instrumentation
• Interoperability
• Life Cycles
• Measurement And Signature Intelligence
• Network Protocols
• Networks
• Performance Tests
• Signals Intelligence
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation

Readers

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