The Army is in the early planning stages for the second increment of the Distributed Common Ground System - Army, according to COL Robert Collins, the system's project manager. DCGS-A is a critical system for the Army, delivering intelligence and analysis to far-flung locations.
"DCGS Increment 1 Release 1 is fielded to the Army and is used across the globe," Collins said in a recent interview. "It was used by the 101st as they deployed to West Africa for the Ebola mission. DCGS Increment 1 Release 2 just completed developmental testing at Fort Huachuca. We fielded that to 2nd Brigade 1st Armored Division at NIE 15.1. That will complete testing at NIE 15.2 in May 2015."
Opportunity: COL Robert Collins will take part in a panel discussion on intelligence collaboration at the 14th annual C4ISR & Networks Conference on April 7. Click here for more information.
Industry was deeply involved in DCGS Increment 1, he said. "Moving forward to Increment 2, we've kind of wiped the slate clean," he said. "We're asking industry, 'given the intelligence environment that we have, given the technologies, given the funding stream, given that we'll all continue to deal with an incremental delivery, what are some of your thoughts on how we can team with you?'"
