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DCS Corporation

Alexandria, VA, United States

Electronic WarfareSimulation & TrainingC4ISRUnmanned Systems
Founded 1977Prime Contractor, System IntegratorSupplies Land Forces, Air Forces, Naval Forces, Homeland Security & Police
Profile last updated: May 2, 2026

About

Founded in 1977, DCS Corporation is a defense prime contractor based in Alexandria, United States working in electronic warfare, simulation & training, c4isr +10 more.

DCS Corporation is an employee-owned provider of engineering, programmatic and technical support services to the U.S. Department of Defense and other national security customers. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, the company supports the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Homeland Security. Its work covers electronic warfare test and mission data, modeling and simulation, verification and validation of weapon models, mission planning software for F/A-18 and other aircraft, autonomy and manned-unmanned teaming, ground vehicle simulation and robotics, sensor testing, aerospace physiology and biodynamic research, and C4ISR integration. DCS develops and maintains tools such as AFSIM, SubrScene, ECHO and WASP, and serves as prime contractor on several programs including JWARN. The company is owned by its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Location

Alexandria, United States

Founded

1977

Focus areas

employee-ownedESOPmodeling and simulationelectronic warfaremission planningautonomyverification and validationAFSIM

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Electronic WarfareSimulation & TrainingC4ISRUnmanned SystemsDefense Software & AIRadar & SensorsOptronicsAir SystemsLand Systems & VehiclesNaval SystemsWeaponsCBRN DefenseMRO & Logistics

Supply-chain role

Prime ContractorSystem IntegratorSoftware DeveloperMRO & Services

What they offer

SoftwareEngineering ServicesManufacturing ServicesMaintenance & RepairTraining

Products

WASP

Mission planning software

Weaponeering and store planning application for F/A-18 aircraft, serving as the NAVAIR permanent flight clearance system.

AFSIM

Simulation framework

Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration and Modeling, for engagement and mission-level analytic simulations; DCS is the AFSIM Master Integrator for AFRL.

SubrScene

Visualization tool

Battlefield, sensor and out-the-window visualization tool for scene generation.

ECHO

Terrain construction tool

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

JWARN

CBRN data software

Joint Warning and Reporting Network software integrating CBRN data into C2 systems; DCS is prime and maintains the software.

Digital Backbone System

Vehicle integration kit

Upgrade kit providing common data, video and power distribution for C4ISR mission equipment on MRAP vehicles.

SPARTACUS

Autonomy tool

Advanced Combat Utility System investigating directed energy and kinetic weapons with coordinated maneuvers for self-defense in contested 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-1KC-46AMQ-25MQ-4C TritonMRAPSentinel Hawk

Named customers

US ArmyUS NavyUS Air ForceUS Marine CorpsAir Force Research LaboratoryArmy Research LaboratoryNAVAIRDepartment of Homeland Security

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

CMMC Level 2

Awards

Employee Ownership 100

NCEO2025

Parasuraman Prize for Innovative Application

2nd International Neuroergonomics Conference2018

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