DCA

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United States Department of Defense agency military communications organization

DCA (Defense Communications Agency) was a U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for managing and overseeing military communications networks, including early internet precursor systems.

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Defense Communications Agency 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Department of Defense agency ⓘ
military communications organization ⓘ
abbreviation DCA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs DCA ⓘ
collaboratedWith Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
contributedTo development of standards for military data networks ⓘ
evolution of defense information infrastructure ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1991 ⓘ
employerOf military communications engineers ⓘ
network operations personnel ⓘ
telecommunications specialists ⓘ
field command and control ⓘ
computer networking ⓘ
military communications ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
headquartersLocation Pentagon ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1960 ⓘ
jurisdiction worldwide U.S. military communications ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
mandate to consolidate and manage long-haul communications for the Department of Defense ⓘ
to provide reliable, secure, and interoperable communications for U.S. military operations ⓘ
notableRole oversight of early computer networking within the U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ
support to ARPANET operations and integration into defense communications ⓘ
support to early internet precursor systems ⓘ
operatedBy Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
oversaw implementation of communications security policies ⓘ
long-haul communications networks for the U.S. military ⓘ
satellite communications systems planning ⓘ
parentOrganization Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
partOf Defense Communications Agency ⓘ
surface form: Defense Communications System
reorganizedAs Defense Information Systems Agency ⓘ
responsibleFor integration of military communications for all U.S. armed services ⓘ
management of U.S. military communications networks ⓘ
operation of the Defense Communications System ⓘ
planning and engineering of defense communications ⓘ
standardization of military communications procedures ⓘ
support to command and control systems ⓘ
sector defense ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Armed Forces ⓘ
successor Defense Communications Agency ⓘ
surface form: Defense Information Systems Agency

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DCA → abbreviation → DCA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Defense Communications Agency
DCA → alsoKnownAs → DCA ⓘ
subject surface form: Defense Communications Agency
ARPANET → operatedBy → DCA ⓘ