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In 1960, the Defense Communications Agency was created to manage the Defense Communications System. It’s said that “necessity is the mother of invention”. After participating in two brutal world wars, the United States realized it needed a specialized communications agency to manage military information transmission more effectively. The DCA navigated our Department of Defense and Mission Partners through the treacherous waters of the Cold War from 1960 to 1991 by expanding from telephones, radar and wire to satellites, fiber optic cable, mega centers and hi-tech broadband internet demands. As technology expanded by leaps and bounds, so did the DCA’s mission and in 1991, it transitioned to the Defense Information Systems Agency to support the warfighter in all environments and under all threats – both physical and cyber.
| Date Taken: | 01.14.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 01.20.2026 06:51 |
| Category: | Series |
| Video ID: | 993113 |
| VIRIN: | 260114-O-WH300-1346 |
| Filename: | DOD_111482386 |
| Length: | 00:01:00 |
| Location: | US |
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