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DCGS-MC
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Budget figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $66.4M |
| FY25 | $70.5M |
| FY26 | $42.9M |
All series figures: P-1 TOA · PB2026
Decade view
P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $28.6M | $36.3M | $66.4M | ||
| Enacted | – | $39.7M | $68.3M | $70.5M | |
| Request | – | – | $68.3M | $81.5M | $42.9M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $68.3M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $66.4M as actual total obligation authority — $1.87M below the request. 66.4 − 68.3 = -1.9 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
Program lineage
No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.
Description
Description — Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-MC)
This is a Military Intelligence Program (MIP) program element. Distributed Common Ground System-Marine Corps (DCGS-MC) - DCGS-MC 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 DoD 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. Modernization efforts are focused on advanced all-domain information environment tools, and technologies that enable superior awareness of the battlespace. The capabilities reduce the logistical and cognitive burden on the individual Marine by reducing size, weight, and power and provide advanced computing capabilities at the forward edge in a contested environment against a peer adversary. Current programmatic efforts support a multi-domain sensing architecture, organic sensing, mobile battlespace awareness, and increased integration with space and cyber systems. From the MCISRE to Naval Operations Architecture, DCGS-MC provides an enduring information advantage and the rapid weaponization of data to support enhancements to the kill web by streamlining information exchanges, federating track and sensor data for rapid analysis and exploitation, and increasing accessibility of information across all levels of security classification. Maritime Targeting Cell-Expeditionary (MTC-X) details provided at a higher classification. The functional capabilities are grouped by Technical Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Control and Analysis Center (TSCAC), DCGS-MC Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), DCGS-MC All Source, Family of Integrated Targeting and Exploitation (FITE), and Publicly Available Information (PAI)/Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). Future capabilities will be delivered via clearly defined capability drops determined by an integrated assessment of user needs, technology readiness, risk mitigation, and affordability. TSCAC, formerly known as DCGS-MC SIGINT, fuses and analyzes SIGINT data from tactical, theater, and national collectors and databases for dissemination to tactical commanders. It automatically collects, stores, retrieves, and plays back digital signals and provides SIGINT analysis applications to deployable FMF units that direct and manage the technical and operational functions of Radio Battalion (RadBn) SIGINT and electronic warfare (EW) assets. TSCAC consists of the Technical Control Analysis Center (TCAC) Remote Analysis Workstation (RAWS), and the Transportable Workstation (TWS) and is the focal point of RadBn, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, and Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) operations. It enables the analysis of tactical SIGINT collection and analytical data for ingest into Family of Integrated Targeting and Exploitation (FITE) for transfer to the tactical commanders on multiple security levels for discovery by any DCGS-MC enabled Marine. The system is also capable of processing of Electronic Warfare (EW) information including EW Support and Electronic Attack (EA) data collected by RadBn and JSF aircraft. DCGS-MC GEOINT informs and provides commanders at all echelons the ability to anticipate and react quickly to evolving situations and support fires to accurately identify, locate, and prosecute targets within the area of operations. DCGS-MC GEOINT aggregates organic, theater, and national Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) data providing the foundation for FITE to conduct advanced analytical processes that DCGS-MC GEOINT ingests for interrogation and validation to inform decision-makers and Long-Range Precision Fires (LRPF) of actionable targets. DCGS-MC GEOINT is the core capability of technical applications and geospatial algorithms that process, exploit, analyze, and produce geophysical information, products, and services which establish the geospatial foundation and common frame of reference for battlespace awareness, planning, and enhanced decision-making. DCGS-MC All Source facilitates global collaboration with Marine and joint analytical systems, enabling Marines to conduct multi-discipline intelligence fusion, analysis, production, and dissemination of intelligence in support of the Find, Fix, Track, Target and Assess process by automating multiple intelligence functions and processes. DCGS-MC equipment helps support the Reconnaissance and Counter-Reconnaissance force, through deployment of equipment from the Marine Expeditionary force all the way to the tactical edge at the Platoon echelons. DCGS-MC All Source investment in advanced decision support tools that leverage data science and artificial intelligence for the tactical, naval, and joint force to enable the common battlespace awareness. These capabilities include the display of current enemy situation, collection requirement management, asset management, message parsing, and database updates. DCGS-MC All Source automatically ingests and normalizes data and provides access to intelligence produced by tactical, theater, and national systems and agencies for a fused holistic view of the battlefield. It facilitates the dissemination and exchange of intelligence and information with all echelons through tactical local area networks and wide area networks across the force. Family of Integrated Targeting and Exploitation (FITE) is an advanced multi-domain information standardization and exchange environment that provides access to, and transport for the MCISRE to the Naval Operations Architecture in order to provide information advantage and the rapid weaponization of data. FITE supports enhancements to the kill web by streamlining information exchanges, federating track and sensor data for rapid analysis, exploitation and processing for target engagement, and increases accessibility of information across all levels of security. Additionally, FITE supports long range precision fires and over the horizon targeting by providing a focal point for aggregation and fusion of national and theater sensors to enable data exchange with tactical SIGINT/EW assets, DCGS-MC All Source, DCGS-MC GEOINT, and edge computing environments. FITE implements advanced critical technologies such as MAVEN and MINOTAUR in order to reduce the analytical process, enable rapid prosecution of targets, and streamline intelligence support to operations. FITE implementation of advanced capabilities, coupled with the analytical tools within DCGS-MC provides the ideal coupling of intelligence, operations, and targeting to prosecute targets at machine speeds against peer adversaries. FITE also includes the Maritime Targeting Cell - Expeditionary (MTC-X), for which details are held at a higher classification level. The MINOTAUR system is an Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform developed to aggregate independent sensors and operator interfaces into a single operational picture. MINOTAUR performs the automated correlation of multiple sources of data into a common user interface that provides enhanced situational awareness for operators. Additionally, MINOTAUR implements advanced analytic capabilities in order to identify and track targets of significance in dense operational environments. The result is a real time system that enables operators to locate and track specific targets of interests to support mission operations. Minotaur is a foundational technology inherent to the Maritime Targeting Cell Expeditionary (MTC-X) PoR. It addresses the hard problem of creating "target-quality" battlespace awareness, providing data dissemination and interoperability methods within the Naval Operational Architecture framework to support a Naval Integrated Kill Web for Distributed Maritime Operations and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations. Minotaur's capabilities support rapid intel/ops/fire harmony to gain, maintain, and prosecute targets at machine speed. MAVEN hardware and software is required to process multiple network video streams to provide real-time geo-rectification and geo-registration of imagery and perform Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Computer Vision (CV) based detection, tracking, and classification of objects within video. Project Maven is a Department of Defense (DoD) initiative to deliver algorithm-based technology to the Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE). The program integrates artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI/ML) technologies, providing computer aided vision to autonomously classify objects identified in images and full motion video (FMV). Maven capabilities augment manpower intensive process, enabling Marines to execute processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED) at machine speed, outpacing the adversary decision cycle. The Technical Control and Analysis Center (TCAC) is a server-workstation combination that provides transportable, semi-automated Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) processing, analysis, and reporting to the Radio Battalions, Marine Corps Special Operations Command, and Marine Littoral Regiment. Technical Control and Analysis Capability Cross-Domain Solution enables the transfer of intelligence information across multiple domains to the tactical commanders for continued processing by the TCAC-General Services (GENSER). TCAC-GENSER fuses, analyzes, and disseminates SIGINT data from tactical, theater, and national assets to tactical commander. TCAC-GENSER receives intelligence production from the TCAC-RAW/TWS via the TCAC-CDS. PAI/OSINT capability, in collaboration with MARFORCYBER, will allow users to gather, enrich and analyze PAI in order to generate, preserve, deny and project information. With incremental progression, the intent is to enable data sharing across the entire operational environment in a private cloud environment. Commanders and staff require a clear understanding of the Operational Environment to communicate, access, visualize, describe, and direct operations. Therefore, Marines must be able to efficiently access, gather, and exploit PAI by all available means. Adversaries often reveal vulnerabilities or intentions that the FMF can only exploit in the cognitive or information dimensions. There was no procurement funding in the previous years.
Justification
Justification — Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-MC)
FY 2026 Base Appropriation Request: $42.946M TSCAC: $0.116M will support the fielding and initial training for TWS and RAWS authorized acquisition objective (AAO) increases. The TWS and RAWS allow an individual Marine to retain the advantage over near-peer adversaries to conduct analysis of signals collected and create intelligence products for dissemination to commanders in support of time sensitive decision-making. The decrease from FY 2025 to FY 2026 reflects reduction in support required for completion of initial training and delivery of AAO increases. DCGS-MC GEOINT: $13.488M will support procurement of hardware required for exquisite and multi-domain activities at locations such as the Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) sites, targeting cells and shipboard operations. This hardware includes workstations, physical and virtual storage, and additional computational capability as well as the ancillary items required such as monitors, cabling, Uninterrupted Power Supply, and switches. Hardware procurement will also require GEOINT software on the increased number of workstations. Additionally, funds will support replacing the current antenna with a system that contains updated crypto and is congruous with the antennas procured by the Navy. Procuring the same antennas as the Navy enables the GEOINT workstations to work seamlessly ashore and afloat. The decrease from FY 2025 to FY 2026 represents the completion of AAO procurement to support SATCOM Rebroadcast and the AAO procurement of Common GEOINT Workstations specifically for the Fleet Marine Force (FMF). DCGS-MC ALL SOURCE: $5.967M will fund the procurement of DCGS-MC Family of Systems (FoS) server hardware and software required to support stand-in-forces (SIF) in support of the fusion of multi-source intelligence. This hardware consists of the Marine Corps Common Intelligence Server (MCCIS) data level server. This hardware will enable the automation of analytical workflows by providing increased storage, processing, and advanced analytical tools with the integration of Family of Integrated Targeting and Exploitation (FITE) capabilities which provides SIFs with data centric targeting information and timely intelligence. These capabilities will support all echelons, from the tactical edge to the Joint Force. These systems will also support and enable management of the Common Operational Picture (COP) which increases awareness, and more efficient access, utilization, and dissemination of intelligence data. The FoS will also improve the speed and efficiency of analytical workflows, to inform tactical commanders responsible for maneuver elements. The increase from FY 2025 to FY 2026 reflects the initial procurement of MCCIS Data Level Servers and production and fielding support. FITE: $23.375M will continue the procurement of MTC-X Small Form Factor (SFF) which supports deployed, resilient, long-range targeting infrastructure at all echelons. FITE also supports procurement of software licenses and hardware required for all domain integration/visualization, Information Fusion Core Engine/Platform, leveraging MINOTAUR and MAVEN AI/ML technologies into the DCGS-MC and MTC-X environments. Software licenses and hardware are also required for Collection Management Operations Suite, procurement of additional Cross Domain Solutions for the additional / realigned Intelligence Structure in support of Force Design. These efforts provide an integrated capability to automate intelligence workflows improving collection operations / requirements management enabling greater battlespace awareness across the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. This funding also supports employment of integrated platforms providing shared interface linking application layers with processing capabilities to provide critical processing functions and adaptive capabilities for Intelligence operations and support to FMF Command and Control, Information, and fires systems. The decrease from FY 2025 to FY 2026 reflects completion of MAVEN and MINOTAUR hardware procurements and reduction in projected software procurements. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.840 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative."
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY24 Actuals | $66.4M |
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY25 Enacted | $70.5M |
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $42.9M |
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY26 Total | $42.9M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.
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| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $200.9M | $66.4M | $70.5M | $42.9M | $42.9M |
Follow the dollar
Appropriation → program element → top high-confidence awards → recipient families → congressional districts.
Follow-the-dollar covers 312 of 1,938 programs — only high-confidence budget→award links are shown. why coverage is partial? →
The diagram illustrates the cited table below — amounts shown in the diagram are transaction sums per award (no citation chips); the per-district obligations in the table cite USAspending queries.
| District | Program obligations |
|---|---|
| CA-50 | $18.5M |
Related awards
Award linkage is shown for 32 of 200 profiled companies — high- and medium-confidence USAspending matches, each row labeled; medium is the weaker evidence. why partial award coverage? →
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| BLUE TECH INC. | M6785421F2019 | high |
Contractor concentration
No concentration index is published for this line. This line's high-confidence links do not clear the floor for a published concentration index — at least 3 awards across 2 contractor families holding positive obligations, with positive net linked dollars. An index below that floor is a fact about the sample, not about the market. Whatever further links this line carries are medium-confidence, and what each medium evidence path does and does not establish is set out in the methodology. Both bases are in the downloadable warehouse.
Lobbying mentions
No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.
Oversight
Department-level designation (not specific to this program)
GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not DCGS-MC. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O806
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O778
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O821
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.