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DCS Corporation

Alexandria, VA, United States

Electronic WarfareSimulation & TrainingUnmanned SystemsRadar & Sensors
Founded 1977Prime Contractor, System IntegratorSupplies Land Forces, Air Forces, Naval Forces, Homeland Security & Police
Profile last updated: April 17, 2026

About

Founded in 1977, DCS Corporation is a defense prime contractor based in Alexandria, United States working in electronic warfare, simulation & training, unmanned systems +9 more.

DCS Corporation is an employee-owned provider of engineering, programmatic and technical services to the U.S. Department of Defense and other national security customers. Founded in 1977 by Carl H. Dubac, Sidney S. Cox and David L. Shumaker, the company supports the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force, as well as the Department of Homeland Security. Its work covers electronic warfare test and mission data, mission planning software for F/A-18 and other aircraft, modeling and simulation with the AFSIM framework, weapons test and evaluation, sensor testing, unmanned and manned-unmanned teaming, autonomy and AI research, human systems engineering and biodynamic research, and ground vehicle simulation and robotics. DCS also performs C5ISR development, systems integration labs and hardware-in-the-loop testing, and has built biohazard detection shelters for DHS. The company is an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company.

Location

Alexandria, United States

Founded

1977

Focus areas

employee-ownedESOPmodeling and simulationelectronic warfaremission planningautonomyAFSIMtest and evaluationhuman systems engineering

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Electronic WarfareSimulation & TrainingUnmanned SystemsRadar & SensorsOptronicsC4ISRDefense Software & AIAir SystemsLand Systems & VehiclesCBRN DefenseSoldier EquipmentWeapons

Supply-chain role

Prime ContractorSystem IntegratorSoftware DeveloperMRO & Services

What they offer

HardwareSoftwareEngineering ServicesMaintenance & RepairTraining

Products

WASP

Mission planning software

Naval weaponeering and stores planning application for F/A-18 air-to-surface weapons employment, serving as the NAVAIR authorized permanent flight clearance system.

AFSIM

Simulation framework

Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration and Modeling, used for engagement and mission-level analytic simulations; DCS is the master integrator for AFRL.

SubrScene

Visualization tool

Battlefield, sensor and out-the-window visualization tool developed by DCS.

ECHO

Terrain construction tool

Open-source tool for building high-fidelity terrain databases for analysis.

SPARTACUS

Autonomy research tool

Advanced Combat Utility System investigating directed energy and kinetic weapons with coordinated maneuvers for self-defense of air vehicles in access-denied airspace.

End users

Land ForcesAir ForcesNaval ForcesHomeland Security & Police

Standards, platforms & customers

Defense standards

CMMI Level 3

Platforms & programmes

F/A-18EA-18GF-35B-21B-2F-22AV-8BAH-1MQ-25MQ-4C TritonKC-46AMRAPSentinel Hawk

Named customers

U.S. ArmyU.S. NavyU.S. Air ForceU.S. Marine CorpsAir Force Research LaboratoryArmy Research LaboratoryNavy Advanced Weapons LabDepartment of Homeland SecurityU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

CMMC Level 2

Awards

Parasuraman Prize for Innovative Application

2nd International Neuroergonomics Conference2018

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