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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
un
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g
Ca
pa
bili
ty P
ack
ag
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Approval &Authorization
De
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ab
ility
Pa
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ge
(C
P)
De
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se R
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ts R
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IOC
/ F
OC
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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
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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
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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
mat
ic C
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ence
(C
OO
)
Con
tent
Coh
eren
ce (
CT
O)
Acq
uisi
tion
Coh
eren
ce (
DA
CQ
)
Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence
Capa
bility
Se
rvice
sCo
mm
unity
of
Inte
rest
Sys
tem
sCo
mm
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: [email protected]
web: www.nc3a.nato.intemail: [email protected]
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