The US Army has awarded DCS Corporation a $70.7-million contract to support simulation works at the Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) in Warren, Michigan.
The agreement will deliver technical expertise to the site’s Immersive Simulation (IS) Directorate, which formulates and tests physics-based simulators, crew station design, and virtual trainers in support of the army’s ground combat vehicle initiatives.
Work encompasses the directorate’s Immersive Ground Vehicle Simulation, Ride Motion Simulation, Crew Station/Turret Motion Based Simulation; crew station development and integration, and Virtual Experimentation areas.
DCS will facilitate associated tasks for five years.
“For more than 20 years, DCS has supported GVSC-IS and US Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command in conducting motion-based and large-scale experiments at the world-class [Ground Vehicle Simulation Lab] modeling and simulation facilities,” DCS President and Chief Operating Officer Bill Protzman stated.
“We are excited to continue supporting GVSC-IS and the Warfighter.”
Other US Army Ground Vehicle Contracts
DCS received an agreement worth $168 million in October 2023 to provide operational support for the US Army’s Program Executive Office – Ground Combat Systems, which oversees sustainment and upgrades across the ground-based fleet.
A month earlier, the company received another $2.09-billion award to deliver similar services for the GVSC’s In-Service Engineering and Science and Technology missions.
In 2018, DCS accepted a prime task order for technical and programmatic support for the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center’s Ground Vehicle Survivability and Protection Directorate.