Leadership changed hands during a Change of Charter ceremony June 25 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD for the Distributed Common Ground System – Army (DCGS-A), the Army’s cornerstone system for intelligence processing, analysis and dissemination.

Col. Thomas Gloor (left) accepts the charter for Project Manager Sensors-Aerial Intelligence (PM SAI) during a ceremony presided over by Stephen Kreider (center), Program Executive Officer-Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors. During the ceremony that took place June 23, Col. Christopher Davis turned over leadership of PM SAI which encompasses five Product Management Offices responsible for fielding systems for manned/unmanned aircraft and tactical exploitation of national capabilities. (Photo by Bill Schofield)

Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability is crucial. Unified Vision 2014 (UV14) is the biggest Joint ISR trial NATO has ever staged, with a multitude of ground sensors, surveillance balloons, jammer aircraft and land ISR assets deployed during this trial. It is taking place from 18 to 28 May and aims to test NATO’s ability to gather and fuse intelligence from multiple sources from satellites to unarmed aircraft to ground sensors at different stages of a crisis.

Many of the highest ranking leaders of the national intelligence community recently converged here for a four-day convention to discuss the development and deployment of the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS). With all four services developing their own version of DCGS, a capabilities and status briefing was delivered by each service. Lt. Col. Daniel Cunningham, Product Manager for Intelligence Fusion provided a highly anticipated presentation on DCGS-Army version 3.1 to a standing room only crowd.

With five members of the Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors receiving 2013 Excellence in Federal Career Awards sponsored by the Baltimore Federal Executive Board (FEB), they have continued a recent run of PEO IEW&S members that have been recognized during the past few years.

Soldiers who have used the Distributed Common Ground System-Army, both on and off the battlefield, say that with adequate training, it’s an intelligence game changer. Sgt. Troy Thatcher is one such user and proponent.

The U.S. Army Project Manager for Aircraft Survivability Equipment (PM ASE)) awarded contracts on January 31, 2012 to BAE and Northrop Grumman for the Technology Development phase of the Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM).

The 201st Afghan National Army Corps received its first training and fielding of the ‘Wolfhound’ signal intelligence gathering system at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Jan. 18-31, 2014.