1. 1 CWIX Coalition Warrior Interoperability eXercise, eXamine, eXperiment, eXplore, LtCol. José Manuel Fernández López Spanish Defence Joint Staff – CIS División

2. 2 ÍNDEX 1.- INTRODUCTIÓN TO THE CWIX. 2.- NATO CWIX. 3.- NATIONAL CWIX.

3. 3 1.- INTRODUCTION TO THE CWIX CWIX THE NATO COALITION WARRIOR INTEROPERABILITY E X ERCISE, E X AMINE, E X PERIMENT, E X PLORE (CWIX) IS AN ANNUAL NATO MILITARY COMMITTEE DIRECTED EVENT DESIGNED TO BRING ABOUT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN INTEROPERABILITY FOR THE ALLIANCE

4. 4 1.- INTRODUCTION TO THE CWIX CWIX ALLIED COMMAND TRANSFORMATION (ACT) PROVIDES DIRECTION AND MANAGEMENT TO THE PROGRAMME, WHILE NATO AGENCIES, MEMBER NATIONS AND PARTNER NATIONS SPONSOR INTEROPERABILITY TRIALS WITH SPECIFIC OBJETIVES DEFINED BY NATIONAL LEADS AND ACT

5. 5 1.- INTRODUCTION TO THE CWIX CWIX THESE OBJETIVES ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT NATO OPERATIONS, BOTH PRESENT AND FUTURE.

6. 2.- NATO CWIX 6

7. 7 CWIX ACTIVITIES OPERACIONAL USERS E X ERCISE INTEROPERABILITY CAPABILITY USING A RELEVANT SCENARIO. TESTERS E X AMINE INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN FIELDED AND SOON TO BE FIELDED SYSTEMS.

8. 8 2.- NATO CWIX CWIX ACTIVITIES ENGINEERS E X PERIMENT WITH NEW INTEROPERABILITY SOLUTIONS. ENGINEERS E X PLORE EMERGING INTEROPERABILITY STANDARDS.

9. 3.- NATIONAL CWIX 9

10. UNIVERSITIES INDUSTRY DISTRIBUTION OF RESULTS TEST & Evaluation PROPOSALS Systems & I+D+i Prototypes PROPOSALS Systems & I+D+i Prototypes REQUIREMENTS Objectives Armies, Agencies REQUIREMENTS Objectives Armies, Agencies Spanish Joint Staff

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