Air Force pledges to speed DCGS open architecture move in FY-19 request

By Rachel Cohen / February 15, 2018 at 5:05 PM
The Distributed Common Ground System will reap the benefits of the Air Force's decision to double down on ISR capabilities with $450.3 million in the fiscal year 2019 budget request to speed its transition to an open architecture. "FY-19 accelerates an open-architecture environment for the planning, direction, collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, production and dissemination of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission data," according to the service's budget documents. "This sharing of information strengthens our alliances within DOD and with other federal...

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