# Distributed Common Ground System-Navy (DCGS-N) Increment 2

**R-2A activity** of project 2227 — Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-N) Inc 2  
**Program element:** 0304785N — ISR & INFO Operations  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0304785N/2227/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0304785N/2227

## Summary

This activity requests $13.2M in FY2027, 63% of project 2227, up 682% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue the development and integration of Counter-Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (C-C5ISRT) capabilities for the Fleet. - Continue the enhancement and expansion of the Knowledge Base (KB) to support new Joint and maritime data sets such as MARS for the Fleet. - Continue software integration and improvements resulting in Iterative Releases (IRs) that are ready for testing/fielding. - Commence modernization of targeting hardware. - Commence optimization of DevSecOps processes and environments to increase the rate of release for the fielding of IRs by using the Enterprise infrastructure. - Commence the design and development of mission modules based systems for accelerated deployment. - Commence deployment of DCGS-N Ashore System (DAS) across Maritime Operations Centers (MOCs) and training sites.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase of $11.515M from FY 2026 to FY 2027 will enhance software integration and improvements for the DCGS-N program.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue the development and integration of Counter-Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (C-C5ISRT) capabilities for the Fleet. - Continue the enhancement and expansion of the Knowledge Base (KB) to support new Joint and maritime data sets such as MARS for the Fleet. - Continue the development and integration of Minotaur capabilities for the Fleet. - Continue software integration and improvements resulting in Iterative Releases (IRs) that are ready for testing/fielding.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 29.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 1.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 13.2 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 2227

- Joint Targeting Intelligence Modernization/Joint Targeting Toolbox (JTIM/JTT) — FY2027 7.7

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0304785N project 2227 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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