Delivering cutting-edge technology

A key component of the Agency's mission is to rapidly acquire new, advanced C4ISR capabilities that support NATO's political and operational requirements.

This includes:

• Capability Planning and C5ISR Architectures - operational research and analysis; military operational analysis; strategic and campaign assessment capabilities; business process analysis and Information and Knowledge Management; and enterprise architectures.
  
• Cyber defence and Assured Information Sharing - supporting the buildup of NATO's cyber defence; enabling coalition interoperability; developing machine-understandable standards; industrialization of the metada registry; creation of ontologies to further interoperability and the ability to share information; information assurance research and development, experimentation and expertise; procurement of information assurance products (mostly cryptography).
  
• Exercises and Training - modelling and simulation methodologies, data, tools and services; exercise preparation and exercise management tools, 'mediationware' to feed NATO C4I systems from simulations and exercise support tools; exercise preparation (support to exercise planning, computer-aided exercise database development and validation, scripting); conduct of exercises (computer-aided exercise technical support, EXCON manning).
  
• Operations Planning and Execution - missile defence, and air, land and maritime command and control; requirements capture in J3/J5 area; experimentation to demonstrate new concepts and elaborate procedures; acquisition and development of new services for planning, joint and component command and control capabilities; development and implementation of interim systems; support to operations.
  
• Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance - scientific and technical expertise in JISR - architectures, concepts and fielding, standards, tactics, techniques and procedures, interoperability; exploitation, cross-cueing and tracking, intelligence production, electronic warfare, active and passive sensors; MAJIIC programme; advanced CIED technology; acquisition and integration of sensors; ISR interoperability.
  
• Integration Support and Value Added Services - logistics management; movement and transportation; geospatial and meteoreological systems; systems integration; Joint Common Operational Picture and situational awareness; medical; and civil-military cooperation.
  
• Core Services - core infrastructure services; core applications (e-mail, formal messaging, directory services); knowledge management and technology (document handling services, chat, collaborative services).
  
• Networked Communications Infrastructure Services - wireless; wired deployable; deployed; static; digital IP-based services; ad-hoc networking; space-based IP-router; federation of networks; SATCOM; extending networks (e.g. HF, SATCOM) to maritime users.
  
• Battle Laboratories - state of the art facilities that allow for testing and validating of interoperability of national capabilities and Industry products with NATO systems; CFBLNET; cyber, missile defence and NATO-Russia test beds; integration test beds.
  
• Acquisition and procurement of advanced technology - NATO and Agency regulations, guidance and procedures; NATO Security Investment Programme.
  
• Programme, portfolio and project management - over 50 years of experience in managing complex, urgent, multinational and national military C4ISR programmes and major acquisitions, also on behalf of Nations.