1. 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 14 Dec 07

2. 214 December 2007 Outline  What RTO is  RTO Spirit and Priorities  A Few Examples of RTO Activities  NATO R&T Strategy & Collaboration  Conclusion

3. 314 December 2007 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.

4. 414 December 2007 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 !! 1881-1963

5. 514 December 2007 RTO in NATO North Atlantic Council Military Committee Conference of National Armament Directors NATO Air Force Armaments Group NATO Army Armaments Group NATO Naval Armaments Group NATO Industrial Advisory Group Allied Command Transformation Allied Command Operations NATO Undersea Research Center Science for Peace and Security Committee RTO NATO C3 Board NATO C3 Agency

6. 614 December 2007 A Knowledge & Information Base for NATO and the Nations R&T Priorities What RTO Delivers Collaborative Networking Environment Educational Opportunities Reports & Standards (Technology Development Plans, Weapon System Considerations) Technology Demonstrations (Prototypes, Experiments, Field Trials)

7. 714 December 2007 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

8. 814 December 2007 R&T Priorities Some Current R&T Focus Areas  Mini / Micro UAVs  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  THz Technology AVT SET Spans the Technology Panels

9. 914 December 2007 NATO RTO Structure TECHNICAL PANELS North Atlantic Council RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION Research and Technology Board System Analysis and Studies Systems Concepts & Integration Human Factors and Medicine Applied Vehicle Technology Information Systems Technology Sensors and Electronics Technology Military Committee Conference of National Armaments Directors TECHNICAL TEAMS Network of 3500 Scientists/Engineers Collaborating on ~130 activities per year Modeling & Simulation Group Research and Technology Agency

10. 1014 December 2007 The RTO Network  Research and Technology Board (54)  RTA Headquarters (51+3)  Panel Members (344)  Participants - (est. 3500)

11. 1114 December 2007 Number of Activities per Year All Panels/Group Combined New for 2008 32Task Groups 11Symposia 7Specialist Mtgs 7Workshops 7Lecture Series 2Tech Courses 50+Publications

12. 1214 December 2007 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)

13. 1314 December 2007 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)

14. 1414 December 2007 HFM-159/RTG On Child Soldiers as the Opposing Force  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 The West Side Boys who operate in Sierra Leone, not hesitant to open fire or to use extreme cruelty.

15. 1514 December 2007 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 Multi- Sensors Surveillance Systems for Combating Terrorism” (2004-2007)

16. 1614 December 2007 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 “ (2007- 2010)

17. 1714 December 2007 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)

18. 1814 December 2007 Systems Concepts & Integration  Symposium SCI-187 “ Agility, Resilience and Control in NEC” NLD May 2008  Task Group SCI-169 “UAVs in a Multi-Platform Configuration for EW- Purposes” (2004-2007)  Task Group SCI-184 “Military Utility of Mobile Camouflage Against Advanced Sensors” (2006-2009)

19. 1914 December 2007 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

20. 2014 December 2007 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 3 rd level experts regularly participated in EDWG/EGED discussions/meetings

21. 2114 December 2007 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. CT and SET Panel

22. 2214 December 2007 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)

23. 2314 December 2007 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 Strategic Goals 1.Align R&T to the NATO Priorities of Transformation and the Security Environment 2.Establish Effective NATO R&T Coordination through Clear and Evident Leadership 3.Provide Best Advice on Present and Future Needs 4.Improve the Exploitation and Dissemination of R&T 5.Create the Most Effective and Enabling R&T Collaborative Environment

24. 2414 December 2007 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

25. 2514 December 2007 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)  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)

26. 2614 December 2007 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

27. 2714 December 2007 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

28. 2814 December 2007 More Information HTTP://WWW.RTO.NATO.INT

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