Transcript RTO Activities and Defence Capabilities Initiative

NATO Research & Technology
Organization
Presentation to Mr. Jean-François Bureau, ASG/PDD
IGA Jacques Bongrand
Chairman, Research & Technology Board
Dr Greg Schneider
Director, Research & Technology Agency
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Outline
 What RTO is
 RTO Spirit and Priorities
 A Few Examples of RTO Activities
 NATO R&T Strategy &
Collaboration
 Conclusion
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The RTO Objectives
 To support the development and effective use of national
defence R&T and thus to maintain a technological lead
within the Alliance,
 To meet the military needs of the
Alliance,
 To provide advice to NATO and
national decision makers.
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RTO Spirit
 Use The Wealth Of Many Nations’ Expertise To Build A
Common Vision Of Technology Issues For Our Long Term
Security
 Enable Interoperability For Possible Cooperative
Operations
 Foster Links Between Nations And Give Way To Further
More Focused Cooperation
Dr Theodore Von Karman’s Heritage !!
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1881-1963
RTO in NATO
North Atlantic Council
NATO C3
Board
Military
Committee
NATO C3
Agency
Allied Command
Operations
Conference of National
Armament Directors
RTO
Allied Command
Transformation
NATO Undersea
Research Center
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Science for Peace
and Security
Committee
NATO Army
Armaments Group
NATO
Industrial
Advisory
Group
NATO Naval
Armaments Group
NATO Air Force
Armaments Group
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R&T Priorities
What RTO Delivers
Collaborative
Networking
Environment
Reports & Standards
(Technology Development Plans,
Weapon System Considerations)
Technology
Demonstrations
(Prototypes,
Experiments,
Field Trials)
Educational
Opportunities
A Knowledge & Information Base
for NATO and the Nations
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RTO Priorities
Addressing Priorities in R&T
 Two methods:
 Top Down Priorities (Alliance perspective) received from CNAD,
Military Committee, and ACT
 Bottom Up Concepts (National perspective/support) from the
NATO Nations
 Top Down priorities analyzed by RTB
 Guidance, not direction, provided to Panels
 Discussions at Panel level with ACT involvement
 Matching top down priorities and bottom up concepts
 Activities to start if minimum of 4 nations supportive and
approved by RTB
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R&T Priorities
Some Current R&T Focus Areas
Mini / Micro UAVs
AVT
NATO Dependency on Oil
CBRN Protection
Non-Lethal Weapons
C4ISR (NNEC): Architectures, Data Fusion & Security
Commercial Game Application to Military Training
Joint Operation 2030 Long-Term Scientific Study
Adaptive Camouflage
Directed Energy Weapons
Nanotechnology
SET
THz Technology
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Spans the Technology Panels
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NATO RTO Structure
North Atlantic Council
Military
Committee
Conference of National
Armaments Directors
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION
Research and Technology Board
Research and Technology Agency
System
Analysis and
Studies
Systems
Concepts &
Integration
Sensors and
Electronics
Technology
Information
Systems
Technology
Applied
Vehicle
Technology
Human
Factors and
Medicine
Modeling &
Simulation
Group
TECHNICAL TEAMS
Network of 3500 Scientists/Engineers Collaborating on ~130 activities per year
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The RTO Network
 Research and Technology Board (54)
 RTA Headquarters (51+3)
 Panel Members (344)
 Participants - (est. 3500)
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Number of Activities per Year
All Panels/Group Combined
180
New for 2008
160
140
32 Task Groups
120
11 Symposia
100
7 Specialist Mtgs
80
7 Workshops
60
7 Lecture Series
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2 Tech Courses
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50+ Publications
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Task Groups
Spec. Meetings
VKILS
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Spec. Teams
CDT
New TG's
Workshops
Tech. Courses
Mil. App. Studies
Symposia
Lecture Series
AGARDographs
LTSS
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Applied Vehicle Technology
 Symposium AVT-157 “Military Platform
Ensured Availability “ Norway Fall 2008
 Task Group AVT-159 “Impact of
Changing Fuel upon Land/Sea/Air
Vehicles”(2007-2010)
 Task Group AVT-160 “ Health
Management of Munitions” (2007-2010)
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Human Factors and Medicine
 Symposium HFM-142 “ Adaptability in
Coalition Teamwork” Denmark Spring 08
 Specialist Meeting HFM-157 “ Medical
Challenges in the Evacuation Chain” Germany
May 08
 Task Group HFM-159 “Child Soldiers as the
Opposing Force” (2007-2010)
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HFM-159/RTG On Child Soldiers as the Opposing Force
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Kick Off Meeting in Amsterdam (NLD) 5-7 NOV 2007
 Participating Nations: DEU, GBR, NLD, USA, ISR
Preliminary Report Ready in DEC 2007
Recommendations:
 Intelligence: Be attuned to the specific make-up of the opposing force.
 Force Protection: All children are not threats, but require the same
scrutiny as adults.
 Engagement: Operate with awareness of the situation’s dynamics. Fire
for shock effect when possible. Shape the opposition by creating
avenues for escape. Leaders control is the centre of gravity, so targets
first as possible. Prepare Media Management.
 After-math: Units may require special post-conflict treatment.
Potential for broadening the RTG’s scope to Moral Dilemmas and Military
Mental Health
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The West Side Boys who operate in
Sierra Leone, not hesitant to open fire
or to use extreme cruelty.
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Information Systems Technology
 Symposium IST 083 ”Military
Communications with a special focus on
Tactical Communications for Network
Centric Operations “ Prague April 2008 ”
 Task Group IST-078 “Machine
Translation for Coalition Operations”
(2007-2010)
 Task Group IST-060 “Advanced MultiSensors Surveillance Systems for
Combating Terrorism” (2004-2007)
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Modeling and Simulation Group
 Workshop MSG-065 “Exploiting
Commercial Technology for Defence M&S”
GBR
 Task Group MSG-068 “NATO Education
and Training Network” (2007-2010)
 Task Group MSG-063 “ Urban Combat
Advanced Training Technology “ (20072010)
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System Analysis and Studies
 SAS-064/RTG “Update on Requirements
and Options for Future NATO Airborne
Electronic Warfare Capabilities” (DEU)
(2006-2009)
 SAS-062/RTG “ Impact of Potentially
Disruptive Technologies “(NLD) (2006-2009)
 SAS-066 LTSS “Joint Operations 2030 “
(CAN) (2006-2009)
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Systems Concepts & Integration
 Symposium SCI-187 “ Agility,
Resilience and Control in NEC” NLD May
2008
 Task Group SCI-169 “UAVs in a MultiPlatform Configuration for EW-Purposes”
(2004-2007)
 Task Group SCI-184 “Military Utility
of Mobile Camouflage Against Advanced
Sensors” (2006-2009)
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Sensors and Electronics Technology
 Task Group SET-093 “Advanced Concepts
of Acoustics and Seismic Technologies for
Military Applications” (2004-2007)
 Task Group SET-128“ Impact of Wind
Turbines on Radar” (2007-2010)
 Symposium SET-125 “Sensors and
Technology for Defence against Terrorism “
Mannheim April 2008
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SC-SPS and SET Panel
Supported SC-SPS led efforts on Counter Terrorism, Explosives
Detection Working Group and Expert Group On Explosives
Detection
Provided access to RTO network of scientists and engineers
SET Chairman, Panel Executives and selected 3rd level
experts regularly participated in EDWG/EGED
discussions/meetings
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CT and SET Panel
During the SC lifetime, topics in the CT area were compared
with RTGs results and implemented in the RTGs Technical
Reports:
SET 035 RTG - Systems Level Sensor Fusion for Land
Surveillance
SET 056 RTG - Integration of Radar and Infrared for Ship
Self-Defence
SET 070 RTG Performance Measurement of Multi-Sensor
Fusion System
At least, in the present operations in Afghanistan, these topics
seem to be of great relevance.
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EDWG, EGED and SET Panel
During the SPS lifetime RTO Programme of Work influenced by
EDWG and EGED - such as:
 SET-076 Task Group on Sensor Requirements for Urban
Operations
 SET-083 Task Group on High Performance Passive
Millimetre Wave Imaging
 SET-124 Task Group on THz Wave Technology for
Standoff Detection of Explosives and other Military &
Security Applications and SET-129 SM (19-20 May 2008 –
Bucharest Romania)
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NATO R&T Strategy
Background
 RTO not the sole source for R&T in NATO
 Need for collaboration with other NATO bodies
 RTB initiated an R&T Strategy Update in 2004
 November 2005: NAC approval of new Strategy
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Strategic Goals
Align R&T to the NATO Priorities of Transformation and the Security
Environment
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Establish Effective NATO R&T Coordination through Clear and Evident
Leadership
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Provide Best Advice on Present and Future Needs
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Improve the Exploitation and Dissemination of R&T
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Create the Most Effective and Enabling R&T Collaborative Environment
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Key Strategy Implementation Actions
 Establish an R&T Coordination Group (RTCG)
 Creating a NATO R&T Day (in conjunction with Fall CNAD 2008)
 Promoting a Single Taxonomy
 A tool to better communicate within the R&T Community
 Focus on describing activities rather than translating priorities
 Trying to Increase Reactivity (benchmarking on short track
procedures)
 Communicating Technology Watch areas
 Highlight one area per Panel each year in a one pager
 Increasing Synergy between National R&T Investments and NATO
Needs
 Providing insight and better identification of available
technology
 Nations willing to cooperate and reachable experts in every
technology area
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Research & Technology Coordination
Group (RTCG)
 Established in March 2006
 Objectives of RTCG:
 Coordinating body, not a decision one
 Enabling coordination not achievable in RTB format
 RTB not interested in detailed NATO processes
 Providing overall view (principles, synthetic tables, prominent
items)
 Address R&T work, not the whole capability process (TAB)
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 Avoiding duplication, checking consistency with requirements
Members:
 Chairman: RTB Chairman
 ACT (FCRT DACOS), MAG Chairs (NAAG, NNAG, NAFAG), NIAG Chair,
Directors (NC3A, NURC & RTA), COMEDs Chair & Science for Peace and
Security Committee Rep.
 Other Invitees: IS (DASG/DI (Dir Arm) & IMS (Asst Dir, LA&R Div)
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R&T Coordination
Topics Addressed
 RTCG Terms of Reference and Status
 RTB Strategy Implementation Subgroup Update
 Holistic Approach to NATO R&T
 NATO R&T Strategy Implementation Plan
 NATO-Wide Demonstrations and Experiments
 NATO MOU for Demonstrations
 NATO-Wide R&T Web Portal
 Trans-Atlantic Cooperation Issues
 MAG Inputs to NATO R&T Programs
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Concluding Remarks
 Defence Technology More Dominant Now Than Any Time
in History
 RTO: Largest Basis for Collaboration Among Most
Technically Advanced Nations in the World
 Countries encouraged to participate in RTO activities consistent with their priorities
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More Information
HTTP://WWW.RTO.NATO.INT
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