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BAE Systems Receives First Order From Army Under $823 Million DCGS-A Support Deal

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, July 23rd, 2020

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BAE Systems Receives First Order From Army Under $823 Million DCGS-A Support Deal

Distributed Common Ground System-Army. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army placed its first order with BAE Systems under the $823 million Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) support contract, with the company set to provide a software framework for data and artificial intelligence analytics. Under the DCGS-A Capability Drop 2 order, announced Thursday, BAE Systems will deliver its Intelligence Knowledge Environment (IKE) for the Army’s battle command intelligence system. “With a focus on a user-centric analyst experience, IKE rapidly transforms data into intelligence in an easy to learn and…

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