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By 2006, version 10.6 was deployed by the Air Force, and a version known as DCGS-A was developed for the Army.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) |work= Defense Update |year= 2007 |url= http://defense-update.com/products/d/dcgs.htm |accessdate= September 28, 2013 }}</ref>

After a 2010 report by General [[Michael T. Flynn]], the program was intended to use [[cloud computing]] and be as easy to use as an [[iPad]], which soldiers over a few years were commonly using.<ref name="SIGNAL">{{Cite news |author= George I. Seffers |title= Making Battlefield Intelligence "iPad Easy" |date= July 2012 |url= http://www.afcea.org/content/?q=node/3004 |work=SIGNAL Online |publisher= Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association |accessdate= September 28, 2013 }}</ref>

By April 2011, project manager Colonel Charles Wells announced version 3 of the Army system (code named "Griffin") was being deployed in the US [[Afganistanwar in Afghanistan (2001–present)|war in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite news |title= Army harnesses full power of intelligence assets |work= Defense Systems |date= April 4, 2011 |author= Barry Rosenberg |url= http://defensesystems.com/Articles/2011/03/29/Project-Manager-View-Army-Distributed-Intelligence.aspx |accessdate= September 28, 2013 }}</ref>

In January 2012, the [[United States Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center]] hosted a meeting based on the DCGS-A early experience. It brought together technology providers in the hope of developing more integrated systems using cloud computing with open architectures, compared to previously specialized custom-built systems.<ref>{{cite news |last= Kristen Kushiyama |title= Cloud computing to integrate with current Army system |url= http://www.army.mil/article/72508/ |publisher= US Army |date= February 1, 2012 |accessdate= September 28, 2013 }}</ref>

Some US Army personnel reported using a [[Palantir Technologies]] product to improve their ability to predict locations of [[improvised explosive devices]] .

Congressman [[Duncan D. Hunter]] (from [[California]], the state where Palantir is based) complained of [[United States Department of Defense|US DoD]] obstacles to its wider use in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper= [[The Washington Times]] |title=Military has to fight to purchase lauded IED buster |date= July 16, 2012 |author=[[Rowan Scarborough]] |url= http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/16/military-has-to-fight-to-purchase-lauded-ied-buste/ |accessdate= September 29, 2013 }}</ref>

==Operators==