Distributed Common Ground System-Navy (DCGS-N)

Abstract

DCGS is a cooperative effort between the services, agencies, and the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide systems capable of receiving, processing, exploiting, and disseminating data from airborne and national reconnaissance platforms. DCGS - Navy (DCGS-N) is the Navy instance of the Under Secretary of Defense, Intelligence (USD (I)) DCGS Family of Systems (FoS). The DoD has defined a DCGS architecture that will be compatible and interoperable across all of the Services Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems and operations. DCGS accesses and ingests data from space borne, airborne, subsurface, and surface ISR collection assets, intelligence databases and intelligence producers. The DCGS Integrated Backbone (DIB) shares data collected across the joint enterprise. Further integration with Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E) will enhance access and sharing of ISR information across Joint forces using 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 to maintain a tactical advantage over adversaries. DCGS-N system fulfills a critical mission set Afloat and Ashore. DCGS-N processes and exploits tactical and Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) and Signal Intelligence (SIGINT), facilitates precision target geopositioning, mensuration, and imagery capabilities, integrates national IMINT requirements and processing capabilities from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and shares Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (ISR&T) and Command and Control information via the DIB, DI2E, and Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) standards with a wide range of customers. The DCGS-N program conducts research and assessments of tactically relevant, emerging technologies program insertion to ensure superiority in the intelligence domain. 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 complies with the DoD DCGS network architecture. The DCGS-N Analytics Node (DAN) is a cloud based instantiation of the DEN, and is the foundation for DCGS-N to transform DCGS-N into a modernized data environment. DCGS-N Increment 1 is the Navy's current fielded DCGS ISR&T program of record. The system is actively used by Navy force level ships and shore sites in support of the mission. Intelligence Carry-On Program (ICOP) provides Indications and Warnings (I&W), battlespace awareness/visualization and ISR Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) capabilities in support of Navy surface and expeditionary operations. The ICOP system includes a three-eyed ruggedized workstation that serves as a powerful afloat edge computing device that is capable of operating on all three security domains (Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router (NIPR), Secure Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) and Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS)) and an antenna/receiver set (called Communications Module 3 - CM3) that is used to ingest, process and exploit airborne sensor data. In addition to supporting multi-intelligence capabilities, Intelligence Carry-On Program (ICOP/CM3 provides an end-to-end Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) architecture that includes processing organic shipboard camera systems to support Navy-wide Operational Task (OPTASK) Visual Information (Strategic Communications - "First to the Truth," pattern of life analysis and use of force/rules of engagement decisions). In addition, the ICOP system supports 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 robust storage, processing and computing capability. ICOP adheres to the Under Secretary of Defense, Intelligence (USD (I)) interoperability mandates and federates with other Joint Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) users via the DCGS Integrated Backbone (DIB). ICOP data is pushed to the shore-based DCGS Enterprise Node (DEN) for discovery, retrieve, and data enrichment. ICOP enables Unit-level ships and expeditionary customers to become part of the larger Intelligence Community (IC) enterprise. In FY 2021, DCGS-N Increment 1 will continue modernization, integration and regression testing required to remain aligned with emerging national imagery standards for tech refreshes and End-of-Life Upgrades. In FY 2021, ICOP will continue development, integration and testing efforts of the ICOP mission module concept and will target a Fleet demonstration/exercise such as NAVY TACTICAL GRID or TRIDENT WARRIOR to test a prototype system. In addition, integration testing with future Navy/Joint technologies to include both airborne and surface platforms will continue. Integration testing will occur on both the SIPR Secret and JWICS Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) domains to ensure that the ICOP program is properly aligned to future Navy technologies.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 2174_0304785N_5_1319_PB_2021

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

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