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 -N Family of Systems (FoS). The Department of Defense (DoD) has defined a DCGS architecture that will be verifiably compatible and interoperable across all of the Services' Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems and operations. DCGS will access and ingest data from space borne, airborne, subsurface, and surface ISR collection assets, intelligence databases and intelligence producers. This collected data will be shared across a Joint enterprise using the DCGS Integration Backbone (DIB) 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 Work Station from the Global Command and Control System (GCCS) - Integrated Imagery and Intelligence (I3), Generic Area Limitation Environment (GALE) Lite Signal Intelligence (SIGINT), Common Geo-positioning Services (CGS), Image Product Library (IPL), Modernized Integrated Database (MIDB), Joint Concentrator Architecture (JCA) and Track Management Services. The DCGS-N system represents the integration of: 1) The processing and exploitation of tactical and Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) and Signals Intelligence (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 and Command and Control information via DIB and Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) standards with a wide range of customers (e.g., Global Command and Control System - Maritime (GCCS-M)), Joint Mission Planning System (JMAPS), and many others.) The DCGS-N Enterprise Node (DEN), which incorporates DCGS DIB standards, facilitates interoperability and data sharing among the DOD DCGS FoS. DCGS-N will stay abreast of evolving requirements and ensure compliance with the DOD DCGS network architecture. Engineering work is funded to migrate legacy Joint Services Imagery Processing System - Navy (JSIPS-N) capabilities to this network environment. The Navy is focusing on establishing an ISR Enterprise way ahead that will emphasize a reach back strategy with a focus on providing intelligence products to support deployed ship and shore operations. The Navy will also initiate migration to a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) that requires the development, integration, and testing of ISR Enterprise capability (Maritime Operations Centers (MOC) to MOC to afloat), development and migration of ISR SOA applications, and development and integration to leverage the Integrated Shipboard Network System (ISNS) strategy for a Common Computing Environment (CCE). Additionally, DCGS-N will become the focal point for migration of Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) fusion and analysis tool applications for the Navy. As a result, the funding profile was modified to revise the procurement schedule, maintain the equipment support line, and focus on product improvement for migration to the CCE and support to fielded systems until replaced by DCGS-N systems. The Navy's Integrated Imagery and Intelligence Applications (I3 Apps) are an integrated set of applications designed to support analyst workflows and tactical intelligence processing, providing a useful integration framework to ensure joint intelligence interoperability across the GCCS and DCGS enterprise. Development of I3 applications includes end to end intelligence analysis applications that leverage the MIDB and integration with NGA-provided digital map and imagery systems. I3 imagery applications provide for archiving, viewing and measurement of still and video images. The Navy's I3 effort is part of the Military Intelligence Program (MIP), managed by the Secretary of Defense through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence. Joint Service Imagery Processing System - Navy (JSIPS-N) tech refresh and service life extension upgrades provide shipboard digital imagery capability to receive, exploit, store, and disseminate imagery products based on national, theater, and tactical sensors. JSIPS-N service life extension is comprised of five subsystems: Joint Concentrator Architecture (JCA), Common Geo-positioning Service (CGS), Image Product Library (IPL), Imagery Exploitation Support System (IESS), and the Sharp Display System (SDS). JSIPS-N is the Navy's legacy imagery processing system. JSIPS-N Service Life Extension (JSLEP) will overcome JSIPS-N's end-of-life hardware challenges, software obsolescence, and improve systems reliability until DCGS-N fully replaces JSIPS-N ashore and afloat. DCGS-N Increment 2 pre-acquisition activities began in Q4 FY10 and will continue into FY11 with a focus on requirements definition, system architecture review and development, acquisition planning, and prototype development and assessment. DCGS-N Increment 2 addresses the significant gaps in tactical and operational multiple intelligence (multi-INT) capabilities. Specific emphasis is placed in the areas of Counter Intelligence/Human Intelligence (CI/HUMINT), Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT), Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), Enhanced Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Non-Traditional ISR (NT - ISR), Open Source and an enhanced capability to exploit full motion video. DCGS-N Increment 2 adds to the capabilities delivered under DCGS-N Increment 1 to provide a robust Navy ISR capability with significant processing and exploitation capabilities that address significant issues for Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (PED). The ashore component of DCGS-N Increment 2 addresses the capability needs identified in the DCGS Enterprise Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) and the Maritime Fusion and Analysis (MFAS) ICD. DCGS-N Increment 2 consists of two components. The first builds on the DCGS-N Enterprise Node, the MDA Enterprise Node and development of the Integrated Maritime Architecture (IMA) at the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) to provide the Navy with an ashore backbone that fulfills the operational ISR needs of the MOCs. The second component addresses significant gaps in the afloat ISR capabilities consistent with the Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) identified as deferred in the DCGS-N Increment 1 Capability Production Document (CPD) and complete analysis of PED issues and identify specific solutions to be addressed in DCGS-N Increment 2. The FY12 development plan includes conducting Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) on Increment 1, Block 1 EA ECP and develop associated software patch. Complete design, development, and begin developmental testing of Increment 1, Block 2. DCGS-N Increment 1 Block 2 new capabilities to incorporate collection management capabilities, Real-Time Regional Gateway (RTRG), software upgrades for new Navy sensors, and Moving Target Indicator (MTI) processor integration. Continue to conduct I3 operational testing, begin new software development, and provide for the technical migration of standardized, linked intelligence data and imagery software tools and services from a platform-centric model to a SOA. Deliver two Engineering Development Models (EDM) for DCGS-N Increment 1 Block 2. Complete DCGS-N Increment 2 Analysis of Alternatives (AOA), conduct system requirement analysis, design, and prototyping in coordination with the DCGS Community of Interest and ONI. Complete DCGS-N Increment 2 Capability Development Document (CDD) and Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 2174_0305208N_7_1319_PB_2012
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