# Project 2268 — Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-MC)

**Program element:** 0206625M — USMC Intelligence/Electronics Warfare Sys  
**Project:** 2268  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0206625M/2268  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0206625M

## Summary

Project 2268 — Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-MC) requests $112.9M in FY2027, 76% of the $149.1M requested for program element 0206625M — a new start, with no prior-year and no current-year money. 9 R-2A activities decompose the request, 9 new this cycle. NIWC-LANT is the largest named R-3 performer at $43.4M, 38% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 112.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 42.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 41.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 44.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 48.8 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0206625M; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 2268 buys

This is a Military Intelligence Program (MIP) Program Element. Distributed Common Ground System-Marine Corps Intelligence Enterprise Family of Systems (DCGS-MC IE FoS) is a critical Commandant of the Marine Corps Force Design program focused on Reconnaissance/Counter-Reconnaissance that senses and makes sense of the forward operating area, providing robust multi-intelligence processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED) activities to include sensor fusion and correlation. As the forward sensing element of the maritime force, DCGS-MC provides the foundation for algorithmic warfare at the tactical edge pushing validated target quality information to enable global long range precision fires. DCGS-MC complies with the DCGS Enterprise interoperability and information sharing requirements necessary for PED capabilities via consolidated functional servers, workstations, cloud computing, and advanced technological processing capabilities from a contested, tactical environment to the integrated Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Enterprise (MCISRE). DCGS-MC capabilities deliver tactically focused, operational, and strategic intelligence across all echelons of the Marine Corps at the tactical edge throughout all phases of operations to provide relevant, precise battlespace awareness, and threat characterization for the Joint Task Force, Naval Force, Marine Air-Ground Task Force, and subordinate Marine units in support of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations and Distributed Maritime Operations. The DCGS-MC IE FoS will consolidate DCGS-MC GEOINT, DCGS-MC All Source and Technical Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Control and Analysis Center (TSCAC) into one program. The DCGS-MC Next Gen FoS addresses intelligence tasking, collection, processing, analysis, exploitation, management, storage, and dissemination capabilities for the Marine Corps Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Enterprise (MCISRE) in support of the FMF, Maritime Component, or Joint Task Force (JTF) across all warfighting domains and information environments.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| NIWC-LANT | 43.4 | 38% |
| NSMA | 35.1 | 31% |
| DCI | 17.1 | 15% |
| All Source NIWC-LANT | 7.3 | 6.4% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 9

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FITE: Product Development | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43.1 | new | [a7](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0206625M/2268/a7) |
| Joint Fires Network (JFN) Product Development | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.6 | new | — |
| DCGS-MC All Source Product Development | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.7 | new | [a4](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0206625M/2268/a4) |
| TSCAC: Product Development | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | new | — |
| DCGS-MC All Source Test and Evaluation | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | new | — |
| DCGS-MC GEOINT Product Development | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | new | — |
| DCGS-MC All Source Support | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | new | — |
| DCGS-MC GEOINT Test and Evaluation | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | new | — |
| DCGS-MC GEOINT Support | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | new | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### FITE: Product Development — NEW START

- Continue integration of All Domain Integration and Visualization utilizing MINOTAUR Family of Systems (MFOS). - Continue integration of a Collection Requirements Management and Collections Operations Suite. - Continue MTC-X efforts - Details are held at a higher classification. - Continue the integration of USMC communications pathways…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0206625M/2268/a7

### Joint Fires Network (JFN) Product Development — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** -Procure JFN Server Stack Solution for the MEFs -Procure Frontier Edge Nodes for the MLRs -Conduct test and evaluation of material solutions to ensure systems remain postured to continually integrate with the Joint Force and meet all security requirements.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase reflects initiation of JFN Development.

### DCGS-MC All Source Product Development — NEW START

-Continue the development of cloud services migration; workflow automation; Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/MIL) data analysis capabilities and technology advancements. -Continue development of modernization efforts, sustainment of existing capabilities, as well as system refreshes for all of Marine Corps All Source. This…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0206625M/2268/a4

### TSCAC: Product Development — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** - Complete development of a LINUX operating system core baseline and integration of containerization capability. - Continue research and development of advanced tactical hardware data processing solutions supporting future capability upgrades. - Continue product development of software in order to enhance the analysis of near-peer signals of interest and the adaptation of evolving technical capabilities to combat the pacing threat. - Initiate hardware and software integration efforts to develop software baselines for tech refresh to expand system processing capabilities.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Project 2268 transitioned from LI/PE 0305208M to 0206625M. $4.101M transferred over from PE 030205208M. Increase from FY2026 to FY 2027 reflects initiation of hardware and software integration efforts supporting technical refresh.

### DCGS-MC All Source Test and Evaluation — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** -Continue the systems development testing and evaluation of a future laptop solution for all-source Marines in support of the stand in force. -Continue testing and evaluation for cloud services migration; to include workflow automation, leveraging AI/ ML data analysis capabilities and technology advancements. -Continue systems test and evaluation of modernization efforts, sustainment of existing capabilities, as well as system refreshes for all of Marine Corps All Source. This includes server capabilities that are utilized by other PoRs. -Continue test and evaluation for hardware and software product improvements necessary for use by All-Source analysts across the MCISRE (MARFORs to tactical edge) for use both in garrison and tactical environments to support all-source workflow automation, and algorithm-based technologies. -Continue systems development testing and evaluation of Minotaur on to all-source hardware platforms.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Project 2268 transition from LI/PE 0305208M to 0206625M. Increase from FY2026 to FY2027 reflects testing and evaluation for Autonomous Multi-domain Sensor Control.

### DCGS-MC GEOINT Product Development — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue support for program Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) to include software updates, protection against cyber vulnerabilities, and changes to the GEOINT baseline. - Continue support for integration of DCGS-MC GEOINT software enhancements as identified through configuration control board and engineering review boards in response to Fleet Marine Force requirements. - Continue support for cloud services migration; workflow automation; Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) data analysis capabilities and technology advancements. - Continue GEOINT Software baseline application integration and testing to provide built-in machine learning to solve complex analytic problems. - Continue product improvements necessary to support Geospatial workflow automation, and algorithm-based technologies. - Continue integration of advanced Geospatial analysis and visualization toolsets. - Continue research and development activities for planned Antenna Refresh. - Continue research and development activities to enable the formatting of GEOINT data into handheld devices. - Continue research and development to enable Meteorological and Oceanographic (METOC) interoperability. - Continue product improvements for expeditionary Artificial Intelligence (AI) employment and integration. - Continue efforts to support Project Dynamis. Project Dynamis accelerates the adoption of much-needed material and non-material solutions to weaponize data to operationalize the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2). - Initiate research and development activities for planned GEOINT Workstation Refresh.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Project 2268 transitioned from LI/PE 0305208M to 0206625M. $6.277M transferred over from PE 0305208M. The decrease from FY2026 to FY2027 reflects the near completion of AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) and hardware refreshes.

### DCGS-MC All Source Support — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** -Continue the support of the future laptop solutions for all-source Marines in support of the stand in force. -Continue the support for software product improvements for the all-source systems as the FMF requires new/improved software capabilities. -Continue support for cloud services migration; to include workflow automation, leveraging Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) data analysis capabilities and technology advancements. -Continue support of modernization efforts, sustainment of existing capabilities, as well as system refreshes for all of Marine Corps All Source. This includes server capabilities that are utilized by other PoRs. -Continue support for product improvements for hardware and software necessary for use by All-Source analysts across the MCISRE (MARFORs to tactical edge) for use in both in garrison and tactical environments to support all-source workflow automation, and algorithm-based technologies.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Project 2268 transition from LI/PE 0305208M to 0206625M. Increase reflects additional support for testing and evaluation for Autonomous Multi-domain Sensor Control.

### DCGS-MC GEOINT Test and Evaluation — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue testing and evaluation for cloud services migration; to include workflow automation, leveraging AI/ML data analysis capabilities and technology advancements. - Continue integration and system testing for GEOINT Software baseline to provide built-in machine learning to solve complex analytic problems. - Continue integration and system testing for the product improvements necessary to support Geospatial workflow automation, and algorithm-based technologies. - Continue integration and system testing advanced Geospatial analysis and visualization toolsets. - Continue testing and evaluation for CGW-Refresh

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Project 2268 transitioned from LI/PE 0305208M to 0206625M. $3.220M transferred over from PE 0305208M. The increase from FY2026 to FY2027 reflects the integration and system testing advanced Geospatial analysis and visualization toolsets.

### DCGS-MC GEOINT Support — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue support for program Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) as necessary. - Continue support for integration of DCGS-MC GEOINT software enhancements as identified through configuration control board and engineering review boards in response to Fleet Marine Force requirements. - Continue support for cloud services migration; to include workflow automation, leveraging Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) data analysis capabilities and technology advancements. - Continue support for GEOINT Software baseline application integration and testing to provide built-in machine learning to solve complex analytic problems. - Continue support for GEOINT Workstation Refresh - Continue support to enable the formatting of GEOINT data into handheld devices. - Continue support to enable METOC interoperability. - Continue support for product improvements for expeditionary AI employment and integration. - Continue support for Project Dynamis efforts

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Project 2268 transitioned from LI/PE 0305208M to 0206625M. $1.458M transferred over from PE 0305208M. The decrease from FY2026 to FY2027 reflects the near completion of AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) and hardware refreshes.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0206625M.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0206625M project 2268 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0206625M")`.

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