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NATO C4ISR Industry Conference and TechNet International 2014

The next NATO C4ISR Industry Conference and TechNet International will be held 25-27 March 2014 in Bucharest, Romania.

Certificate of Appreciation for NCI Agency Squadron Izmir

On 15 November 2013, on the occasion of the visit of Dr Velizar Shalamanov (NCI Agency Director Demand Management) to Allied Land Command Izmir, Major General Uğur Tarçın (the LANDCOM Chief of Staff) presented NCI Agency Squadron Izmir with a Certificate of Appreciation for its "outstanding determination and efforts to connect LANDCOM with other NATO headquarters."

Second Chief Information Officers Conference

On 20 November 2013, the Nations, the Resource and Policy Community, as well as the Strategic Commands met at NATO HQ to discuss NATO Forces 2020.

Industry demonstrates secure voice technology at NATO HQ

On 19 November 2013, during the C3Board (Principals) Meeting, Industry demonstrated SCIP (Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol) compliant secure voice technologies at the NATO Headquarters.

Finland participates in Multinational Cyber Defence Development

On 13-14 November, the five founding nations of the Smart Defence Multinational Cyber Defence Capability Development (MN CD2) Project: Lead Nation Canada, Denmark, Norway, Romania and Netherlands met for the third official MN CD2 Board meeting at the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency in The Hague, Netherlands.

More news from exercise SFJZ13

More than 20 staff of the NCI Agency from Mons and The Hague deployed to Camp Adaži, near Riga (LVA) during the time from 18 October until 10 November.

NATO AWACS conducts networked training missions

In the last week of October, NATO AWACS operators conducted training missions with two F/A-18 fighter aircraft.

NATO SecGen acknowledges successful NATO-Russia counterterrorism exercise

From 23-27 September, the NATO Russia Council (NRC) Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI) conducted a counter-terrorism exercise over the skies of Poland, Russia and Turkey involving fighter aircraft, military personnel and command centres from the Arctic to the Black Sea.

Detecting suicide attacks – from research to reality

It is a world first: technology for the remote, real-time detection of explosives was tested live in an underground station in a major European city.

Steadfast Jazz 2013 tests customer readiness for the NRF

From 2-9 November, exercise Steadfast Jazz 2013 (SFJZ13) was held across Europe, including the Baltic states and Poland with the aim to train and test the NATO Response Force (NRF), a highly ready and technologically advanced multinational force that the Alliance can deploy quickly wherever needed.

General Manager meets Director General of the Polish Ministry of National Defence

On 21 and 22 October, the NCI Agency General Manager, Mr Koen Gijsbers was hosted by the Director General of the Polish Ministry of National Defence, Mr Piotr Lis, and Chief of the Information Systems Inspectorate, COL Tomasz Żyto Tomasz.

Bucharest Industry Conference kicks off with large attendance

On 25 March, the NATO C4ISR Industry Conference & TechNet International 2014 in Bucharest, Romania, kicked off in presence of over 600 participants. During the three day event, the Agency's senior leadership will provide Transatlantic Industry leaders first notice on upcoming business opportunities in NATO C4ISR, cyber and missile defence, and other areas to be highlighted later this year at the 2014 NATO Summit in Wales.