What We Do

The importance of human systems engineering is focusing on human needs while interacting with technology. DCS is a leading researcher across the Department of Defense (DoD) supporting key military capabilities and enabling strategic and tactical use of human/machine cooperation and neuroergonomics. Our research includes digital modeling of humans for cockpit/crew-station accommodation analysis and human body compression/flexibility modeling based upon environmental conditions encountered during maneuvers. Examples of our capabilities include:

• Warfighter Machine Interface
• Biodynamics & Anthropometry
• Human Subjects Research

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DCS supports Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine clients examining possible ways to enhance weapons system performance using high fidelity modeling and simulation to evaluate system performance. Examples of our capabilities include:

• Immersive Ground Vehicle Simulation
• Ground Vehicle Autonomy Simulation
• Target and Scene Generation
• Verification & Validation (V&V)
• Simulation & Analysis

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DCS has several facilities across the US that support engineering, light manufacturing, software development, system integration, and experimentation in support of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Army. Our facilities offer a range of equipment to support production of precision sheet metal, weldment configurations, stock preparation and secondary operations, quality control inspections, vibration testing, and more. Examples of our capabilities include:

• Engineering & IVN Development
• Autonomy
• Biohazard Shelters

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DCS provides test and evaluation support to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. We have supported many weapon system acquisition programs, including developmental testing and operational testing of those systems. This includes ground vehicle systems, air-to-air weapons, and air-to-surface weapons. We support the complete spectrum of aircraft test and evaluation, from platform/weapon integration to sensor integration testing, from electronic warfare to C4ISR systems test. Examples of our capabilities include:

• Aircraft and Airborne Weapons Test Engineering
• Sensor Testing
• Ground Vehicle Testing

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DCS has significant unmanned, robotic, and autonomous systems research, development, test, and evaluation experience across the Army, Navy, and Air Force. More than 200 of our personnel actively support programs requiring Software In the Loop (SIL), Rapid Prototyping, Hardware In The Loop (HIL), systems integration and architecture, and ground/airborne testing including datalinks and complete suites of ISR sensors. Examples of our capabilities include:

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Systems
• Manned – Unmanned Teaming
• Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs)
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Systems Integration

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DCS has provided engineering expertise to multiple Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) activities by performing engineering analyses, trade-off studies, and technology assessments to identify the scope and performance requirements to be issued in the MDAP’s Statements of Work and Request for Proposals to industry. Examples of our capabilities include:

• Acquisition Support
• Software Development
• Systems Integration Labs/Hardware in the Loop
• 5th Generation Aircraft

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DCS is a leading provider of electronic warfare capability to the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Our electronic warfare expertise includes electronic attack and electronic protection programs and capabilities. We support work ground vehicle survivability upgrades, F-35 electronic warfare systems and sensors, inventory aircraft mission data, and more. Examples of our capabilities include:

• Mission Data Development for the F-35, F-22, U-2, B-2 and others
• Development of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
• Open Air and Ground Testing
• Advanced Weapon Reprogramming Lab Support

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DCS is an innovator in user-centered development of mission planning systems for the US Air Force and Navy aviation and weapon systems. DCS has been at the forefront of industry in transitioning to Agile methodologies, micro-service architectures, and continuous integration / continuous deployment. Our intuitive, efficient systems provide a robust toolset for our users while maintaining safety and cybersecurity requirements. Examples of our capabilities include:

• Agile Development
• Secure DevOps
• Safety of Flight
• Weapons Employment, Air Drop and Air Refueling Mission Planning
• User Experience and Productivity

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DCS is an innovator in user-centered development of mission planning systems for the US Air Force and Navy aviation and weapon systems. DCS has been at the forefront of industry in transitioning to Agile methodologies, micro-service architectures, and continuous integration / continuous deployment. Our intuitive, efficient systems provide a robust toolset for our users while maintaining safety and cybersecurity requirements. Examples of our capabilities include:

• Agile Development
• Secure DevOps
• Safety of Flight
• Weapons Employment, Air Drop and Air Refueling Mission Planning
• User Experience and Productivity

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DCS has been a key AFSIM capability provider DCS has been a key AFSIM capability provider since 2014 and holds over 20 years of experience developing AFSIM capabilities, including being the original developers of Wizard, Warlock, and Mystic. As the AFSIM Master Integrator for AFRL, DCS develops and applies the AFSIM framework in support of various mission objectives for the Air Force, Navy, and Joint sponsored initiatives.

DCS produces broadly reaching scenarios derived from intelligence sourced data combined with representations of present day to cuttingedge future concepts. These concepts are portrayed with a wide array of behaviors, responses, and orders of battle to fulfill AFSIM modeling requirements for the evolving battlefield reaching beyond a single scope of effectiveness and into multi-domain coordinated capabilities.

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At DCS, we develop strategic and methodological solutions that incorporate, sustain and advance the mission of each Government customer. Continuously building on a 40-year foundation of technical excellence and innovation, our scientists and engineers partner daily with our customers to advance technology and put theory into action. Click below for a more detailed look at few of our featured capabilities…and check soon to see what will be in the spotlight next.

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