MacB wins subcontract to support Army's distributed common ground system
NewsMarch 07, 2017
DAYTON, Ohio. IAP Worldwide Services, Inc. (IAP) awarded MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) a subcontract to support the U.S. Army's Distributed Common Ground System?Army (DCGS-A). The two-year contract has a total ceiling value of $11 million.
The majority of the work will be performed at Fort Belvoir in Virginia and at Fort Hood, Texas. MacB engineers will work with IAP on hardware systems engineering on various platforms, logistics support, system accreditation and certification, and networking and data processing. Additionally, the team will provide configuration management, training, facility management support for information systems and technology, and overall project management.
The DCGS-A is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. It enables relevant and accurate targetable data to the warfighter, as well as access to information and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) management supporting battlefield visualization in the Army’s operating environment. The mission is to provide commanders and coalition forces in the field with the ability to synchronize and integrate intelligence information and other collected data from multiple sources.
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