Distributed Common Ground System-Navy (DCGS-N)

Abstract

The Distributed Common Ground System - Navy (DCGS-N) is the Navy's portion of the Under Secretary of Defense, Intelligence (USD (I)) DCGS Family of Systems (FoS). The Department of Defense (DoD) has defined a DCGS architecture that will be compatible and interoperable across all of the Services' Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting (ISR&T) systems and operations. DCGS accesses and ingests data from space borne, airborne, subsurface, and surface Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) collection assets, intelligence databases and intelligence producers. This collected data is shared across a Joint enterprise using the DCGS Integration Backbone (DIB) and in time, the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E) to enhance access and sharing of ISR information across Joint forces through the use of common enterprise standards and services. DCGS FoS supports Joint Task Force (JTF)-level and below combat operations with critical intelligence for battle management and information dominance across the full spectrum of operations, including peace, conflict, war, and Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). DCGS is a cooperative effort between the services, agencies, and DoD to provide systems capable of receiving, processing, exploiting, and disseminating data from airborne and national reconnaissance platforms. DCGS-N core components include the analyst workstation from the Global Command and Control System - Maritime (GCCS-M) - Integrated Imagery and Intelligence (I3), Generic Area Limitation Environment (GALE) Signal Intelligence (SIGINT), Common Geo-positioning Services (CGS), Image Product Library (IPL), Modernized Integrated Database (MIDB), Joint Concentrator Architecture (JCA) and Track Management Services (TMS). The DCGS-N system represents the integration of 1) The processing and exploitation of tactical and Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) and SIGINT; 2) Precision target geopositioning, mensuration, and imagery dissemination capabilities; 3) Selected national IMINT requirements and processing capabilities from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA); and 4) Sharing of Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting (ISR&T) and Command and Control information via DIB, DI2E, and Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) standards with a wide range of customers (e.g.,GCCS-M), Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS), and many others). The DCGS-N efforts include investigation of emerging technologies through study, development, and associated testing for feasibility of program insertion. The DCGS-N Enterprise Node (DEN), which incorporates current DIB standards and DI2E policy, facilitates interoperability and data sharing among the DCGS FoS. DCGS-N ensures compliance with the DoD DCGS network architecture. The Navy is establishing an ISR Enterprise way ahead that will emphasize a reach back strategy to provide intelligence products to support deployed ship and shore operations. The Navy will also migrate to a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) that requires the integration and testing of Maritime ISR Enterprise capabilities, migration of ISR SOA applications, integration to leverage a Common Computing Environment (CCE) and the Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise (IC ITE). Additionally, DCGS-N will become the focal point for migration of Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) fusion and analysis Maritime Fusion & Analysis (MFAS) tool applications for the Navy. Distributed Common Ground System-Navy (DCGS-N) Increment 1 is the Navy's current in service DCGS ISR&T program of record. The system is actively used by Navy force level ships and shore sites in support of the mission. Program is currently performing technical refreshes to Windows 10 per the Department of Defense's initiatives while enabling the long-term transition to DCGS-N INC 2. Intelligence Carry-On Program (ICOP) is a suite of multi-source intelligence and analytical capabilities which includes an integrated Three-Dimensional (3-D) operational picture displaying intelligence and other data sources to provide a richer and more complete picture of the battle space on unit level platforms. The system supports a full motion video capability that receives, processes, exploits, and disseminates organic and non-organic data as well as the ability to process and correlate Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) and external Communications Intelligence (COMINT Externals). It integrates mature Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) applications with shared storage and communication paths to reach back to the DCGS-N Enterprise Node (DEN), and to provide data sharing to the Maritime Operations Centers (MOC) and national ISR systems, making tactical users a part of the larger ISR enterprise. In FY 2020, Distributed Common Ground System - Navy (DCGS-N) Increment 1 will continue development, integration and regression testing required to remain aligned with national imagery standards to be incorporated into technology refreshes for Windows 10 (WIN 10)upgrades. In FY 2020, ICOP will commence integration and testing events in support of F35 Block 3 and Triton. In addition, ICOP will perform interoperability testing with new capabilities such as minotaur and project maven to align with Integrated Fires (IF) / Electromagnetic Warfare (EMW) concepts.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 2174_0304785N_5_1319_PB_2020

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

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• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
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