Air Force to update industry on future of DCGS integration backbone

The Air Force will hold an industry day to discuss the distributed common ground system's integration backbone, or DIB, on Dec. 6, ahead of its expected request for information in the second quarter of fiscal year 2017.

An Oct. 25 memo to industry said the government will present a detailed overview and update on the program as part of conversations on the short-term way forward. Industry is invited to offer ideas for how to proceed.

The integrated backbone is a digital system that allows DCGS users to share intelligence data between various information sources and search for data relevant to their mission. DCGS analysts look at intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data before passing it to commanders.