The Future of Intelligence Analysis, Analytics, and Distribution

Within the Project Manager DCGS-A portfolio, DCGS-A comprises two acquisition category I major automated information system programs-the Product Manager for Fielding and Training and the Product Manager for Capability Drop-and three acquisition category III programs.1 DCGS-A entered fiscal year (FY) 2018 poised to make momentous strides in updating the capability provided to more than 40,000 Soldiers and Civilian employees globally. Capability Drops The DCGS-A Product Manager for Capability Drop is pursuing Capability Drop 1 by navigating a series of carefully designed events to determine the best solution for the warfighter to support the Army's intelligence planning functions at the battalion echelon. The approach that the Product Manager for Capability Drop used to achieve the expectation for this system included market research, a request for proposal-driven source selection with a product demonstration, and a series of user trials, in addition to a formal operational test at the Network Integration Evaluation in late 2018. [...]with support from Soldiers, the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, and the Department of Defense (DoD) community, the Product Manager for Capability Drop will determine where to procure the needed quantities.