1. NATO Collaboration Bodies Einar Thorsen, CTO/CIS
US – NATO Information Sharing (UNIS)
Technical Exchange Meeting (TEM)
McLean, VA, USA, 1-3 December 2009
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A little bit about NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
An alliance of 28 countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on 4 April 1949.
Solidarity, Freedom, Security, Transatlantic link
Consensus decision-making
The North Atlantic Council
Organizational Structure
The list is rather long...
Plenty of Collaboration Bodies!
Note: A lot of the information on the Internet about NATO is from the 2001 Handbook – much has happened since then...
A comprehensive list of the various Civil, Military, Organizations and Agencies can be found at
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4. The NATO R&T/D Community
North Atlantic Council
NATO C3 Board
Science for
Peace &
Security Committee
Military Committee
Conference of
National Armament Directors
NATO Army Armaments Group
Allied Command Transformation
Allied Command Operations
NATO Naval Armaments Group
NATO C3 Agency
NATO Underwater Research Center
RTO
NATO Air Force Armaments Group
NATO Industrial Advisory Group
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5. NATO Collaboration Bodies
NATO Research & Technology Organisation (RTO)
Promotes and conducts co-operative scientific research and exchange of technical information amongst 28 NATO nations and 38 NATO partners.
Is the largest such collaborative body in the world
encompasses over 3000 scientists and engineers
addresses the complete scope of defence technologies and operational domains.
Supported by an executive agency, the Research and Technology Agency (RTA)
facilitates the collaboration
organises a wide range of studies, workshops, symposia, and other forums
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6. Research & Technology Organization
Board members’
Leadership
Level
RTB
RTA
Panel members’
Level
Panels
AVT
HFM
IST
SAS
SCI
SET
MSG
I M C
Expert members’
Technical Teams
Level
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7. Panel Members’ Level The RTO Panels/Group
AVT Applied Vehicle Technology
HFM Human Factors and Medicine
IST Information Systems Technology
SAS System Analysis & Studies
SCI Systems Concepts & Integration
SET Sensors & Electronics Technology
MSG Modelling and Simulation Group
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IST Panel Focus Areas
Information Warfare and Assurance that includes:
- INFOSEC
- COMPUSEC
- COMSEC
- TRANSEC
- Information Assurance
- System Assurance
Information and Knowledge Management that includes:
- Decision Support Architectures
- Data Mining
- Data Warehousing
- Information Fusion
- Information Filtering
- Visualisation
- Knowledge-based Systems
- Artificial Intelligence
Communications and Networks that includes:
- Voice Data and Video over disadvantaged links
- Network Management
- Network Security
- Mobile Communications
- Satellite Communications
Architectures and Enabling Technologies that includes:
- Software Engineering Technologies
- Computing Technologies
- Requirements Capture
- Modelling and Simulation Technologies
- Modelling and Simulation Architectures and Standards
- Speech and Natural Language Processing
- Groupware and Collaboration Tools
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9. Expert Members’ Level The Technical Teams
Symposia (>100 participants, 3-4 days)
Specialists’ Meetings (<100 people, 2-3 days )
Workshops (selected participation, 2-3 days)
Task Groups (study group, 3 years max.)
LTSS, MAS (study groups, 1-2 years max.)
Lecture Series (junior and mid-level scientists)
Technical Courses (on-site instructor training)
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CONTACTING NC3A
NC3A Brussels
Visiting address:
Bâtiment Z Avenue du Bourget 140 B-1110 Brussels Telephone +32 (0) Fax +32 (0)
Postal address: NATO C3 Agency Boulevard Leopold III B-1110 Brussels Belgium
NC3A The Hague
Oude Waalsdorperweg AK The Hague Telephone +31 (0) Fax +31 (0)
Postal address: NATO C3 Agency P.O. Box CD The Hague The Netherlands
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