CHINA LAKE, Calif., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman has achieved a milestone for the Distributed Common Ground System's interoperability during a recent U.S. Joint Forces Command exercise.
U.S. company Northrop Grumman announced its team, which includes General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, SAIC and Overwatch Corp., successfully demonstrated the DCGS-Army Mobile Basic's interoperability and connectivity capabilities.
According to a news release the DCGS-Army Mobile Basic was "instrumental in demonstrating how a tactical-level, forward-deployed system can access both structured and unstructured data while making multi-intelligence processed data universally available and accessible."
"Federating the use of multi-intelligence data across DCGS systems successfully demonstrates DCGS-A Mobile Basic's value in providing mission-critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data to users at the tactical frontier," Joseph Ensor, vice president and general manager of Northrop Grumman's space and ISR Systems Division, said in a statement.
"Its performance at Empire Challenge proves that it is a key operating element of our nation's defense."
The demonstration took place at the Joint Forces Command-sponsored Exercise Empire Challenge 2009 Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake, Calif., and follows an announcement Thursday that the Northrop Grumman-led team was awarded a follow-on contract to continue developing the DCGS-Army Mobile Basic.
