Army to field first capability of Distributed Common Ground System

By Jaspreet Gill / August 19, 2019 at 4:27 PM
The Army is planning to field the first capability of the Distributed Common Ground System to 500 battalions by next spring. At an Aug. 16 media day at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, Col. Thomas Nguyen, project manager for DCGS-A, told reporters the capability will be focused on tactical and expeditionary operations. Capability Drop 1 "is optimized for the current fight where battalions are constantly on the move and still required to process intelligence," Nguyen said. "We want to develop a...

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