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NATO announces 3 billion EUR investment in defence technology

The NATO Communication and Information (NCI) Agency is announcing business opportunities in cyber, air and missile defence as well as advanced software, worth 3 billion EUR. This comes in parallel to decisions taken at the Warsaw Summit to strengthen the Alliance's deterrence and defence.

"Today I go back home after 182 days in Kabul"

Meet Erik. Erik has been serving in the Spanish Army for 25 years, and last December, he was sent to Afghanistan to provide critical support to NATO personnel in operational theatre.

NIAS16

The NCI Agency is pleased to announce NIAS 2016, NATO's annual cyber security symposium, which will be held on September 7 and 8, in Mons, Belgium.

Successful upgrade of air operations technology

NCI Agency staff in Spain, successfully upgraded critical technology equipment at the Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in Torrejon (TJ).

NCI Agency round-the-clock support to Ramstein Ambition I 2016

The NCI Agency provided crucial, round-the-clock support during Air Command's post exercise (CPX) Ramstein Ambition I (RAAN I 16) which took place between 20 June and 29 June 2016.

Forming future cyber security leaders

The International Cyber Security Summer School is back next month following its successful inauguration last year. The 2016 edition of this event will run from 21 to 26 August and is being supported by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, as well as Europol's European Cybercrime Centre and The Hague Security Delta.

Innovation, Resilience and Warsaw

What is the relevance of innovation to what NATO Heads of State and Government discussed at the Warsaw Summit?

NITEC16 recap, save the date for Ottawa

During NCI Agency's fifth annual conference, NITEC16, from 7-9 June in Tallinn, Estonia, NATO, industry and government speakers repeatedly called for partnership between NATO and industry—not just closer partnership, but better partnership.

Innovation Special Edition of the Communicator Magazine released

The Innovation Special Edition of the NCI Agency Communicator Magazine has been released.

Can airport security be increased?

NATO is developing cutting-edge concepts, technologies and capabilities to protect troops and civilian staff on mission against terrorist attacks. The NCI Agency’s scientific, technical, operational, and procurement expertise enables the Alliance to match military safety requirements to technologies developed by industry.

Change of Command at CSU Ramstein

On 28 June a Change of Command took place at CSU Ramstein, to honor the outgoing Commander, Colonel Jeffrey A. Sorrell, who is leaving after only two years in post due to national duties.

NATO expands cyber defence coverage

One year after the declaration of the Joint Formal Acceptance Inspection for the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability – Full Operational Capability (NCIRC FOC) in April 2015, the enhanced cyber defence coverage has expanded to protect three additional sites: the Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) Torrejón, the NATO Point of Presence in Spain, and the Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System (BICES) systems in Brussels.

Exercise boosts NATO intelligence-sharing ahead of Summit

The Alliance's ability to share and process complex intelligence was significantly improved through Unified Vision 2016, a major 'trial' managed by Allied Command Transformation and NATO Headquarters in the context of NATO's Joint Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance initiative 14 – 29 June.

An Exercise before the Exercise: Student "Hack" of Locked Shields

For four months leading up to the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) organized Locked Shields exercise this spring, a team of six graduate students from the University of Nebraska at Omaha searched for ways to attack devices that would be used in the competition.

Trident Jaguar 2016: Coordinating across multinational forces

NCI Agency CSU Stavanger, Norway, provided crucial support during Trident Jaguar 2016, a joint headquarters exercise testing the units' ability to work together in the face of a security crisis.

NCI Agency Senior Enlisted Advisors appointed

The NCI Agency appointed two senior non-commissioned officers (NCOs) to new posts in the Agency. Sergeant Major (SGM) Robert Hyatt, US Army, was appointed as the NCI Agency Senior Enlisted Advisor, and Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) Shane Murphy, British Army, was appointed as the Director of Service Operations (DSO) Senior Enlisted Advisor.