The Air Force needs end-to-end testing of its Distributed Common Ground System to ensure it can plan, process and exploit multiple classified and unclassified data sources to produce useful intelligence, as only three of eight component programs have been operationally tested, according to the Pentagon's director of operational test and evaluation. Upgrades to DCGS signal and geospatial intelligence capabilities weren't much more effective than previous iterations and are unsuitable for operations, Robert Behler said in the fiscal year 2017 DOT&E...
