NATO Experience in building C4I Systems broad alliance

Colonel (ret) Ralph D. Thiele Riyadh, 18 October 2017

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if it moves, it can be seen

JSTARS in DESERT STORM 1991

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JSTARS in Unified Protector 2011

Libya as watershed

NATO-Arab combat partnership

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Hybrid Warfare – Military and Non-Military Instruments

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NATO C4I capabilities - guided by Nations

Strategic Concept

Political Guidance

Operational Needs

Critical Capabilities

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C4I – Network Enabled

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Cyber Objectives

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Lessons from MAJIIC

A multinational interoperability project to maximise the utility of C4I resources

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Unified Vision 2014 and 2016

coming up Unified Vision 2018

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visiting the AGS Global Hawk display

Alliance Ground Surveillance

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Generating actionable Information

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Radar GMTI

Full motion Video

Imagery

Data Base

Tactical Datalink

Force Multiplier “Big Data”

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Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

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Federated Mission Networking

Public Private Partnerships

i.e. Secure SatCom by Lux GovSat

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Framework Nation Concept as Game Changer

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German Lead in Joint ISR

German and Romanian Ministers of Defence at Signing Ceremony, Feb 2017, Brussels

The Way Ahead for C4I

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