Representing more than 25 years of development, BAE Systems’ Common Geopositioning Services (CGS) program is the Department of Defense standard for precision targeting, geopositioning services, and photogrammetric applications.

CGS combines with SOCET GXP® — the company’s commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS), electronic light-table (ELT) application — to provide an all-source precision geolocation capability with reliable and accurate 3-D coordinates and statistically valid error estimates. CGS merges COTS and government off-the-shelf (GOTS) software applications for UNIX® and Windows® platforms for precision geopositioning services in defense and intelligence applications. Using SOCET GXP as the integrated viewer, CGS can deploy as a stand-alone targeting workstation, setting the standard for target-location error determination.

CGS delivers standard GOTS applications that integrate with various services-based architecture systems such as Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS)-Navy, DCGS-Army, Global Command and Control System – Imagery and Intelligence Information (GCCS-I3) and DCGS-Air Force 10.2. Its applications also work with COTS and GOTS ELTs and viewers and with targeting; command and control; and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems.

CGS engine

The CGS engine provides core geopositioning services, validation support, mensuration, and output product generation. All CGS services include rigorous error propagation and estimation and are validated by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for tactical, national, Digital Point Positioning Data Base (DPPDB) data source, and commercial imagery.

Targeting operator certification

The U.S. Air Force Precise Point Positioning Program (AFP4) received program accreditation from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in October of 2009 to train and certify Air Force Intelligence personnel in precise point mensuration.

Certification authorizes analysts to calculate geocoordinate and elevation data for coordinate-seeking weapons, utilizing SOCET GXP and Common Geopositioning Services (CGS).

Downloads

• CGS data sheet
• Memorandum of Record: CGS v2.3.1 receives validation with SOCET GXP v3.0.2