Transcript Document 7359859

NATO Network Enabled
Capabilities
Major General Ruud van Dam
Royal Netherlands Air Force
HQ SACT, ACOS C4I and Director IS & NNEC
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NATO C4I Evolution
Collaborative,
Network Centric,
Interoperable
and
Interdependent
Initial
NNEC*
Concept
Integrated
C4ISR
Core C2
Information
System
1999
*
2002
NNEC – NATO Network Enabled Capability
2006
2011
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C4I - Support to Transformation
Products
Functional Services, Bi-SC
AIS, Architecture, Capability
Packages, Networks
Software / Applications
Standards, Interoperability
Demos, Prototyping Platforms
C4I Areas
Capability
Delivery
Support to
Operations (Ops)
C4I Technologies
and Interoperability
NNEC Framework,
Concepts, CD&E
C4I Concept
Development
Intelligence Functional Svcs,
NRF Intelligence Architecture
Intelligence
Life Cycle PMO
Transformation
Areas
Effective
Engagem. & Joint
Manoeuvre
Expeditionary
Operations
Enhanced
CIMIC
Integrated
Logistics
Management
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C4I Areas
Support to Operations
Intelligence – Functional Area Services
and Intelligence Reach-Back
C4I Technologies and Interoperability
Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstrations
(CWID)
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C4I Areas
Capability Delivery
Architecture Development
Capability Packages
Integration of New Functional Area Services (e.g. Air
Command and Control System {ACCS})
C4I Concept Development – Support to NNEC
Overarching Architecture, Concepts, and Roadmap
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NATO Network Enabled Capability
(NNEC)
A Working Definition
 NNEC is the Alliance’s cognitive and
technical ability to federate the various
components of the operational
environment, from the strategic level
(including NATO HQ) down to the
tactical levels, through a networking and
information infrastructure (NII).
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NNEC Fundamentals
Air coordination centre
Remote HQ
Sensor
Tactical Sensor
Collaboration
Air effectors
Information Sharing
Information assurance
Data transport
Coordination &
Fusion centre
HQ
Access to
information
XX
X
Image
interpretation
system
UAV
Ground
Station
Remote
Calculation
Station
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Non-linear Approach
NEC level of
competence
Deployments or exercises
A&B
B&C
A&B&C
Coherence
Collaboration
NATO
Coordination
Nation A
Nation B
Nation C
Deconfliction
Time
Implementation Considerations:
National prerogative / level of ambition/ calendar/ legacy systems
Emphasis on NRF capabilities and specific events (exercises,
deployment)
Gap identification and improvement
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Security and User Identification
Protection of
information might
be more costly for
what you loose
than for what you
protect …
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Process & Organisation:
the Human factor
Working in a network
environment means
trust, even when
engaged in strange
processes
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Information Sharing and
Collaboration
Education
Trust
Sharing
We need to teach the benefits of information
sharing and collaborative work
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Approach to Cognitive Domain
Human
Processes
Operational
Results
Knowledge
Execution
Simulation
Tools
Anticipation
Collaborative
Environment
Knowledge
Management
Information
Presentation
Information
Information
Fusion
Management
Information
Processing
Data
Data
Processing
Supporting
Services
Situation
Assessment
Situation
Awareness
Some “sub concepts” have to be developed
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MISSION:
??
Hopefully not, as:
Nations are fully aware of
the interest
We are not starting from
scratch
Solutions and
good will do exist
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NNEC Feasibility Study
12 Nations NNEC Feasibility Study supported by
NC3A (NATO Consultation, Command & Control
Agency)
Primary focus on a Networking and Information
Infrastructure (NII)
Architectural concepts, technologies and standards
Includes timelines, key transition points
Final report and recommendations endorsed by
NATO C3 Board
To underpin future work
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Feasibility Study Layers
Alliance Wide Perspective
“Operational”
Transformational Objective Areas
* NII = ‘National NIIs’ + NATO NII
‘The Enabling
Network of Networks’
* NII = Networking & Information Infrastructure 15
Think Positive!
National network capabilities are being
fielded; and NATO must build on these
NATO processes, although slow, are
robust and effectively sustained
The diversity of solutions that nations can
offer is hugely beneficial
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The Ideal Network ?
Keep in touch and know everything !
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NATO Network-Enabled
Capabilities
Questions ?
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