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US Army aims to lighten, simplify DCGS-A systems
US Army leaders are looking to lighten and simplify future versions of the Distributed Common Ground System – Army (DCGS-A), it was announced at a hearing on army modernisation on 14 April.
The hearing was held before the US Senate Armed Services Committee, subcommittee on Airland.
Lt. Gen. Michael Williamson, military deputy to the assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology, US army, said: 'We have acknowledged that the complexity associated with the buttonology ... bringing that information together ... has been difficult.
'So we have tried to invest a lot of time, and we have also engaged with over 150 vendors through a series of industry days, to find out how we can improve the existing system.'
Army leaders acknowledged that the DCGS-A system is a 'complex' but 'complete' intelligence collection, processing, and dissemination tool. They added that future versions will address the complexity and make it easier for soldier to use.
Williamson added that the challenges of the DCGS-A are being addressed in future increments of the DCGS programme, and that evaluations of the system are due to begin in May 2015.
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