Defense Message System

Defense Message System (DMS) Integration and Directory Services

Federal Civilian Agencies, within, and external to, the Intelligence Community (IC), are transitioning their legacy systems with a goal to be interoperable with DMS. These agencies may be doing this for a number of reasons – aging legacy systems, interoperability requirements to assist in the fight against terrorism, etc.. Most of these agencies only have a minimal presence in, or connectivity to, either the DoD or IC and have limited knowledge of, or experience with, the DMS technology and those integrated solutions being offered. These Civilian Agencies need to connect to NIPRNET, SIPRNET, and/or JWICS and the associated processes for connectivity, implementation, certification, and accreditation require a level of experience that may be lacking.

VDTG can provide the design, development, and integration of DMS solutions for these civilian agencies as they transition to DMS compatibility.

VDTG engineers have led the DMS implementation throughout DoD and the IC and we can provide assistance with the latest integration and interoperability issues.

VDTG will work with your agency to identify requirements and map those requirements to existing capabilities, while minimizing the need for custom solutions. If we identify gaps between the identified requirements and existing capabilities, our engineers can design and implement a solution that preserves the agency’s business model, while remaining interoperable with the existing (and evolving) DMS environment.

VDTG engineers have taken many Government agencies from the early planning stages to a fully operational state.

As DMS has evolved, VDTG has stayed current with the technology. We’ve even helped to define the changing DMS landscape while representing customers in the many DMS committees and working groups.

VDTG continues to be instrumental in implementing cost effective solutions that interoperate with, and transition our customers from legacy systems.

The trend toward Network Centric Enterprise Solutions (NCES) will involve the continued evolution of DMS to a compatible network centric environment. VDTG is participating in those NCES working groups developing the required changes.