Support to DCGS Enterprise

Abstract

This Program Element funds 1) the Distributed Common Ground/Surface System (DCGS) Multi-Service Execution Team (MET) Office (DMO) which oversees the DCGS Integration Backbone (DIB) Development and the DCGS Test and Community Support (D-TACS) Programs, 2) the Support to DCGS Enterprise Integrated Product Team (IPT) effort, and 3) the Imagery Processing effort which consists of the Virtual Imagery Processing Capability (VIP-C) program. 1) The DMO is the persistent, working level organization supporting the DCGS Family of Systems (FoS) interoperability efforts, for which the AF is lead service. The DCGS FoS, including AF DCGS, was directed to migrate to a net-centric DoD Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) enterprise, enabling the Services to operate and share intelligence products more effectively in a joint environment. All Services must pursue a common path based on a set of common enterprise services consistent with the Department's net-centric vision while maintaining flexibility to support the full range of warfighter missions. Specifically, DoD charged the Air Force to lead the development, upgrade, integration, test, and maintenance of the common DCGS Integration Backbone (DIB) enterprise services. The DIB is a set of enterprise standards and services that enable interoperability and component reuse. All the military Services are mandated to incorporate DIB interoperability standards through the Service DCGS Programs of Record (PoR), and are committed to DIB architecture as the migration path to common DCGS enterprise services. The DCGS FoS is the core of the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E), and the DIB forms the core of current DI2E interoperability. Activities also include studies and analysis to support both current program planning and execution and future program planning. To carry out its mission, the DMO manages multiple development and test programs. The DIB Development Program is responsible for DIB Development and the DCGS Test and Community Support (D-TACS) Program provides software test, Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), and cybersecurity development for the products developed by the DIB Development Program. The D-TACS Program also provides a wide range of Community Support to the PoRs and the DCGS Enterprise, including Cybersecurity support. The Cybersecurity effort improves DCGS Enterprise Cybersecurity practices, including reciprocity. It also involves the development and review of new Cybersecurity practices within the US Government, including providing commentary to the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) and DoD Risk Management Framework Technical Advisory Group (RMF TAG) as directed by the DMO. The D-TACS Program manages the DCGS Test Laboratory (DTL) at Hanscom AFB, MA and a mobile DCGS-Imagery (DCGS-I) Testbed, currently located at Nellis AFB, NV. These facilities support software development and test and DI2E/DCGS Enterprise evaluation and test events and exercises. The DCGS Test Laboratory (DTL) conducts software development, test and test development, acceptance testing, including functional verification and validation and performance testing on DIB and DIB related software. DCGS-I Testbed is an integration and test environment, used by the Services and Agency DCGS Program Offices to conduct integration of DCGS components and test interoperability interfaces with new sensors, applications, and net-centric operations. This Testbed also supports the integration and testing of DoD DCGS components prior to introduction into the operational environment. Periodic upgrades ensure the Testbed stays current with DCGS standards and architecture. The Testbed supports the annual DCGS test event Enterprise Challenge, multiple USAF Weapons School Integration (WSINT) events, USAF Warfare Center Red Flag events and Global Hawk Interoperability Tests. 2) The Support to DCGS Enterprise IPT provides support to OUSD(I), AF DCGS and NATO interoperability efforts. This includes the development, testing, and implementation of international standards (to include NATO standardization agreements) to ensure joint, allied, and coalition interoperability. 3) The Imagery Processing effort develops the Virtual Imagery Processing Capability (VIP-C) within the DCGS architecture. VIP-C accepts airborne imagery data, processes it into an exploitable format, and provides it to other elements within the weapon system and/or the DCGS Enterprise. Current efforts are transitioning the legacy imagery processor from a hardware/software capability to a virtual software capability, thereby improving enterprise processing capabilities. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 0305240F_7_3600_PB_2018
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Communities
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Cybersecurity
• Environment
• Intelligence Products
• Interoperability
• National Security
• Software Development
• Standards
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Beds
• Validation
• Verification

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

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

Technology Areas

• Cyber