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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JULY 28, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 30
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Breaking News -
General:
Raytheon, Lockheed Martin Pursue
DCGS 10.2 Program
Raytheon Companyand Lockheed Martin have expanded the roles of teammates
BAE
SYSTEMS and General Dynamics to address added requirements to the Distributed
Common Ground System (DCGS) 10.2 program, which is now valued at approximately
$360 million.
U.S. Navy requirements were added in April after the U.S. Air Force
withdrew
the request for proposal in order to revise the DCGS 10.2 upgrade as a multi-
service program.
"Our team's solution translates our first-hand domain knowledge into a
clear
vision that addresses critical intelligence needs," said John Nannen, vice
president of Remote Systems for Raytheon. "Our team's relevant programs
include virtually every major system that will interface with, or transition
to, DCGS Block 10.2."
Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, BAE SYSTEMS, and General Dynamics will use an
enterprise, modular, architecture that is drawn from current military and
national programs and based upon proven commercial and government products.
The truly-open architecture and standards-based system will lay the foundation
for DCGS Block 10.2, Block 20, Block 30, and beyond, which will ensure joint
interoperability and reduced cost and integration of future upgrades.
"Elevating the roles of BAE SYSTEMS and General Dynamics ensures our team
provides the right leadership and experience to deliver a service based
architecture capable of integrating C2ISR (Command, Control, Intelligence and
Surveillance) operations across a globally-integrated, distributed, and
collaborative information technology enterprise, said Michael LaRouche,
director of DoD ISR systems for Lockheed Martin's Management and Data
Systems.
"We understand the services' vision and have designed the DCGS for backward
compatibility and modular change - incorporating advanced technology across
industry to enable effects based operations and change the course of events in
hours, minutes, or even seconds."
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