NATOConsultation, Command and

Control Agency

Strategic Vision

Einar Thorsen, CTO/CIS

US – NATO Information Sharing (UNIS)Technical Exchange Meeting (TEM)

McLean, VA, USA, 1-3 December 2009

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NC3A Mission

Enable NATO’s success

through the unbiased provision

of comprehensive

C4ISR capabilities

C4ISR = Command & Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

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ConceptPhase

DefinitionPhase

Acquisition Phase

UsagePhase

Support

Imple-mentation

Dis

po

sal

Usage

In servicesupport

Support

C3 Capability Life Cycle

NCSA

NA

TO

C

IS SERVICES A

GE

NC

Y

ConceptFeasibilityAnalysis

C3Planning

Requirement

NATO HQ Policy

OperationalGuidance

Architecture& TechnicalDesign

TBCE IFB

Coord.

Co

ntr

act

Aw

ard

SupportF

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Ca

pa

bili

ty P

ack

ag

e

Approval &Authorization

De

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ap

ab

ility

Pa

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(C

P)

De

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se R

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ts R

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IOC

/ F

OC

CoherenceAgent

Long Term Capability Requirements

CommonlyFunded C4ISR

Nationally Funded C4ISR

CapabilityPackages

ForceProposals

ArchitectureInteroperability

Transformation Agent

Delivery Agent

Interagency

Multinational

National Agencies &

Industry

Viable NATO Forces

4

LONG

MEDIUM

SHORT

Long Term Capability Requirements

(Bi-SC)

SCPI

HQ C3Staff

NATO (High-Level Guidance)

Req

uire

men

ts f

rom

All

Sou

rces

JEEA (Concepts & Exp) / RTO

JWC / JFTC (Lessons Learned)

DRR (Bi-SC Min Mil Req)

National Agendas

NATO Committees

Current Ops (UOR)

Lessons Learned

NATO Capabilities DatabaseNCD Solutions

(DOTMLPFI) or support for them

Capability Packages

Force Proposals

Prioritisation

Training

BPL (Bi-SC)

Others

A single, consolidated list of capability requirements & shortfalls

+A Prioritised List of Capability Shortfalls (PLoCS)

POW definitionPLoCS

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Development Strategy: Coherent Architecture Development

Evolutionary Parallel approach Modular products Coordinated development

Do Things Better!

Do Bette

r Things!

Near-term

Initatives

Mid-term Plans

Long-term Vision

Current situationCurrent

situation

Future situationFuture

situation

Operational RequirementsLevels of AmbitionTechnology Developments

Architecture Repository

Target Architectures:Implementation

Reference Architectures:Solution Patterns

Overarching Architecture:Services Framework

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The Strategic Pillars of NATO’s Solution Development Processes (NNEC)

An Overarching Standardised Architectural Framework

A Services Framework with agreed standard semantics and ontology

A fundamental Acquisition Reform

A federated networked validation and verification environment

Agency Staff: 719 (including 48 Military)

8

356 Scientist / Technicians 2821 Engineers 105

5 Contracting 3293 Other 62

475 Agency staff (sub-total) 227135 Contractors / Consultants 16

8 Voluntary National Contributions 30 National Experts / Support 27

618 Total 273

The Hague Brussels

Data as of 01 September 2009

Field OfficesNorfolk, USA 7Mons, BEL 5Stavanger, NOR 2Kabul, AFG 2Kandahar, AFG 1Total 17

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Sponsor AccountSegment

CoreSegment

ProductionSegment (DOP)

Shared Resources Segment (FC/DRES)

Peer Competence NetworksHumanResources

GeneralServices

Financial Management

BattleLaboratories

CAT1 - Capability Planning and Architectures

CAT2 - Interoperability

CAT3 - Exercises and Training

CAT4 – Operations Planning & Execution(J3/J5)

CAT5 – Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance.(J2/J3)

CAT6 – Integration, Support & Value Added Services (Other Js)

CAT7 - Core Enterprise Services

CAT8 – Information Assurance and Service Control

CAT9 – NII Communications Infrastructure Services

Pro

gram

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Con

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Coh

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CT

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Acq

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Coh

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DA

CQ

)

Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence

Capa

bility

Se

rvice

sCo

mm

unity

of

Inte

rest

Sys

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on

Syst

ems

NC3A Organisational Diagram

ACOAccount

NATO & NationalOrganisations

Account

ALTBMDAccount

ACT Account

NNEC Implementation

ProgrammesAccount

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NC3A in the Capability Development Cycle

1) Unique Expertise, Capabilities, Competencies and Facilities

2) Multinational and Unbiased

3) Strategic Partner with SC’s / NATO

4) Extensive partnering and staff exchanges with Nations

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CONTACTING NC3A

Brussels

Visiting

Bâtiment ZAvenue du Bourget 140B-1110 BrusselsTelephone +32 (0)2 7074111Fax +32 (0)2 7078770

Postal NATO C3 AgencyBoulevard Leopold IIIB-1110 Brussels - Belgium

The Hague

Visiting

Oude Waalsdorperweg 612597 AK The Hague

Telephone +31 (0)70 3743000Fax +31 (0)70 3743239

Postal

NATO C3 AgencyP.O. Box 1742501 CD The HagueThe Netherlands

web: www.nc3a.nato.intemail: info@nc3a.nato.int

web: www.nc3a.nato.intemail: info@nc3a.nato.int

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