NATO Research & Technology Organization

Presentation to Mr. Jean-François Bureau, ASG/PDD

IGA Jacques BongrandChairman, Research & Technology Board

Dr Greg SchneiderDirector, Research & Technology Agency

14 Dec 07

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Outline

What RTO is

RTO Spirit and Priorities

A Few Examples of RTO Activities

NATO R&T Strategy & Collaboration

Conclusion

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The RTO Objectives

To support the development and effective use of national defence R&T and thus to maintain a technological lead within the Alliance,

To meet the military needs of the Alliance,

To provide advice to NATO and national decision makers.

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RTO Spirit

Use The Wealth Of Many Nations’ Expertise To Build A Common Vision Of Technology Issues For Our Long Term Security

Enable Interoperability For Possible Cooperative Operations

Foster Links Between Nations And Give Way To Further More Focused Cooperation

Dr Theodore Von Karman’s Heritage !!

1881-1963

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RTO in NATO

North Atlantic Council

Military Committee

Conference of National Armament Directors

NATO Air Force Armaments Group

NATO Army Armaments Group

NATO Naval Armaments Group

NATO Industrial Advisory

Group

Allied Command Transformation

Allied Command Operations

NATO Undersea Research Center

Science for Peace and SecurityCommittee

RTO

NATO C3 Board

NATO C3 Agency

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A Knowledge & Information Base

for NATO and the Nations

R&T Priorities What RTO Delivers

Collaborative Networking

Environment

Educational Opportunities

Reports & Standards(Technology Development Plans, Weapon System Considerations)

Technology Demonstrations

(Prototypes, Experiments,Field Trials)

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RTO Priorities Addressing Priorities in R&T

Two methods:

Top Down Priorities (Alliance perspective) received from CNAD, Military Committee, and ACT

Bottom Up Concepts (National perspective/support) from the NATO Nations

Top Down priorities analyzed by RTB

Guidance, not direction, provided to Panels

Discussions at Panel level with ACT involvement

Matching top down priorities and bottom up concepts

Activities to start if minimum of 4 nations supportive and approved by RTB

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R&T Priorities Some Current R&T Focus Areas

Mini / Micro UAVs NATO Dependency on Oil CBRN Protection Non-Lethal Weapons C4ISR (NNEC): Architectures, Data Fusion &

Security Commercial Game Application to Military Training Joint Operation 2030 Long-Term Scientific Study Adaptive Camouflage Directed Energy Weapons Nanotechnology THz Technology

AVT

SET

Spans the T

echnology P

anels

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NATO RTO Structure

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North Atlantic Council

RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION

Research and Technology Board

System Analysis and

Studies

Systems Concepts & Integration

Human Factors and

Medicine

Applied Vehicle

Technology

Information Systems

Technology

Sensors and Electronics Technology

Military Committee

Conference of National Armaments Directors

TECHNICAL TEAMSNetwork of 3500 Scientists/Engineers Collaborating on ~130 activities per year

Modeling & Simulation

Group

Research and Technology Agency

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The RTO Network

Research and Technology Board (54)

RTA Headquarters (51+3)

Panel Members (344)

Participants - (est. 3500)

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Number of Activities per YearAll Panels/Group Combined

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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Task Groups New TG's SymposiaSpec. Meetings Workshops Lecture SeriesVKI- LS Tech. Courses AGARDographsSpec. Teams Mil. App. Studies LTSSCDT

New for 2008

32 Task Groups

11 Symposia

7 Specialist Mtgs

7 Workshops

7 Lecture Series

2 Tech Courses

50+ Publications

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Applied Vehicle Technology

Symposium AVT-157 “Military Platform Ensured Availability “ Norway Fall 2008

Task Group AVT-159 “Impact of Changing Fuel upon Land/Sea/Air Vehicles”(2007-2010)

Task Group AVT-160 “ Health Management of Munitions” (2007-2010)

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Human Factors and Medicine

Symposium HFM-142 “ Adaptability in Coalition Teamwork” Denmark Spring 08

Specialist Meeting HFM-157 “ Medical Challenges in the Evacuation Chain” Germany May 08

Task Group HFM-159 “Child Soldiers as the Opposing Force” (2007-2010)

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HFM-159/RTG On Child Soldiers as the Opposing Force

Kick Off Meeting in Amsterdam (NLD) 5-7 NOV 2007 Participating Nations: DEU, GBR, NLD, USA, ISR

Preliminary Report Ready in DEC 2007 Recommendations:

Intelligence: Be attuned to the specific make-up of the opposing force.

Force Protection: All children are not threats, but require the same scrutiny as adults.

Engagement: Operate with awareness of the situation’s dynamics. Fire for shock effect when possible. Shape the opposition by creating avenues for escape. Leaders control is the centre of gravity, so targets first as possible. Prepare Media Management.

After-math: Units may require special post-conflict treatment. Potential for broadening the RTG’s scope to Moral Dilemmas and

Military Mental HealthThe West Side Boys who operate in

Sierra Leone, not hesitant to open fire or to use extreme cruelty.

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Information Systems Technology

Symposium IST 083 ”Military Communications with a special focus on Tactical Communications for Network Centric Operations “ Prague April 2008 ”

Task Group IST-078 “Machine Translation for Coalition Operations” (2007-2010)

Task Group IST-060 “Advanced Multi-Sensors Surveillance Systems for Combating Terrorism” (2004-2007)

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Modeling and Simulation Group

Workshop MSG-065 “Exploiting Commercial Technology for Defence M&S” GBR

Task Group MSG-068 “NATO Education and Training Network” (2007-2010)

Task Group MSG-063 “ Urban Combat Advanced Training Technology “ (2007-2010)

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System Analysis and Studies

SAS-064/RTG “Update on Requirements and Options for Future NATO Airborne Electronic Warfare Capabilities” (DEU) (2006-2009)

SAS-062/RTG “ Impact of Potentially Disruptive Technologies “(NLD) (2006-2009)

SAS-066 LTSS “Joint Operations 2030 “ (CAN) (2006-2009)

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Systems Concepts & Integration

Symposium SCI-187 “ Agility, Resilience and Control in NEC” NLD May 2008

Task Group SCI-169 “UAVs in a Multi-Platform Configuration for EW-Purposes” (2004-2007)

Task Group SCI-184 “Military Utility of Mobile Camouflage Against Advanced Sensors” (2006-2009)

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Sensors and Electronics Technology

Task Group SET-093 “Advanced Concepts of Acoustics and Seismic Technologies for Military Applications” (2004-2007)

Task Group SET-128“ Impact of Wind Turbines on Radar” (2007-2010)

Symposium SET-125 “Sensors and Technology for Defence against Terrorism “ Mannheim April 2008

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SC-SPS and SET PanelSupported SC-SPS led efforts on Counter Terrorism, Explosives Detection Working Group and Expert Group On Explosives Detection

Provided access to RTO network of scientists and engineers

SET Chairman, Panel Executives and selected 3rd level experts regularly participated in EDWG/EGED discussions/meetings

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During the SC lifetime, topics in the CT area were compared with RTGs results and implemented in the RTGs Technical Reports:

SET 035 RTG - Systems Level Sensor Fusion for Land Surveillance SET 056 RTG - Integration of Radar and Infrared for Ship Self-Defence SET 070 RTG Performance Measurement of Multi-Sensor Fusion System

At least, in the present operations in Afghanistan, these topics seem to be of great relevance.

CT and SET Panel

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EDWG, EGED and SET Panel

During the SPS lifetime RTO Programme of Work influenced by EDWG and EGED - such as: SET-076 Task Group on Sensor Requirements for

Urban Operations SET-083 Task Group on High Performance Passive

Millimetre Wave Imaging SET-124 Task Group on THz Wave Technology for

Standoff Detection of Explosives and other Military & Security Applications and SET-129 SM (19-20 May 2008 – Bucharest Romania)

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NATO R&T StrategyBackground

RTO not the sole source for R&T in NATO Need for collaboration with other NATO

bodies RTB initiated an R&T Strategy Update in 2004

November 2005: NAC approval of new Strategy

Strategic Goals

1. Align R&T to the NATO Priorities of Transformation and the Security Environment

2. Establish Effective NATO R&T Coordination through Clear and Evident Leadership

3. Provide Best Advice on Present and Future Needs

4. Improve the Exploitation and Dissemination of R&T

5. Create the Most Effective and Enabling R&T Collaborative Environment

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Key Strategy Implementation Actions

Establish an R&T Coordination Group (RTCG) Creating a NATO R&T Day (in conjunction with Fall CNAD

2008) Promoting a Single Taxonomy

A tool to better communicate within the R&T Community Focus on describing activities rather than translating

priorities Trying to Increase Reactivity (benchmarking on short track

procedures) Communicating Technology Watch areas

Highlight one area per Panel each year in a one pager Increasing Synergy between National R&T Investments and

NATO Needs Providing insight and better identification of available

technology Nations willing to cooperate and reachable experts in

every technology area

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Research & Technology Coordination Group (RTCG)

Established in March 2006 Objectives of RTCG:

Coordinating body, not a decision one Enabling coordination not achievable in RTB format

RTB not interested in detailed NATO processes Providing overall view (principles, synthetic tables,

prominent items) Address R&T work, not the whole capability process (TAB)

Avoiding duplication, checking consistency with requirements Members:

Chairman: RTB Chairman ACT (FCRT DACOS), MAG Chairs (NAAG, NNAG, NAFAG), NIAG

Chair, Directors (NC3A, NURC & RTA), COMEDs Chair & Science for Peace and Security Committee Rep.

Other Invitees: IS (DASG/DI (Dir Arm) & IMS (Asst Dir, LA&R Div)

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R&T Coordination Topics Addressed

RTCG Terms of Reference and Status

RTB Strategy Implementation Subgroup Update Holistic Approach to NATO R&T

NATO R&T Strategy Implementation Plan

NATO-Wide Demonstrations and Experiments

NATO MOU for Demonstrations

NATO-Wide R&T Web Portal

Trans-Atlantic Cooperation Issues

MAG Inputs to NATO R&T Programs

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Concluding Remarks

Defence Technology More Dominant Now Than Any Time in History

RTO: Largest Basis for Collaboration Among Most Technically Advanced Nations in the World

Countries encouraged to participate in RTO activities - consistent with their priorities

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More Information

HTTP://WWW.RTO.NATO.INTHTTP://WWW.RTO.NATO.INT

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