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The '''Distributed Common Ground System''' (DCGS), is a weapons system which produces [[military intelligence]] for both the [[United States Army]] and [[United States Air Force]] (where it is officially known as the '''AN/GSQ-272 Sentinel''').
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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 [[Afganistan]].<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>
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