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Northrop Grumman Successfully Completes DCGS-A Mobile Software Baseline Qualification

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it has successfully completed formal qualification testing of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) Mobile Basic software baseline being developed for the Army. DCGS-A Mobile Basic, also referred to as DCGS-A V4, is the next-generation system for gathering intelligence data and distributing it to soldiers throughout the battlefield. Developed with the Army's Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEWS), DCGS-A Mobile Basic consolidates multiple programs of record into a single intelligence,…

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