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NCOIC™ and NATO: Working Interoperability Together. E V Buckley European Executive Coordinator Thales SVP European Business Development 19 March 2007. Distribution Unlimited NCOIC Feb07-116. NCOIC Strategy: importance of NATO. Overarching NCOIC strategy
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NCOIC™ and NATO: Working Interoperability Together E V Buckley European Executive Coordinator Thales SVP European Business Development 19 March 2007 Distribution Unlimited NCOIC Feb07-116
NCOIC Strategy: importance of NATO Overarching NCOIC strategy - “Define and continuously adapt a technical vision for achieving network-centricity which evolves with market dynamics …” Relationship sub-strategy Technical sub-strategy Business sub-strategy Strategy towards NATO Project (our message) Leverage (on influence) Converge (technically)
NATO and NCOIC – parallel and joint efforts NCOIC NC3S NATO ACT NC3A NRF CD&E / Technical liaison NIAG NCAT v1 NNEC FS NIF v1 Collaborative Work Packages NNEC Implementation NIF v2 NCAT v2 NATO STANAGs? SCOPE Convergence
NNEC FS and NIF NIF NNEC FS Multi-user Various Ref Archs Broader Defence user Specific Ref Arch Deeper Service concept SOA Overarching architecture Architecture description Maturity Assessment Interoperability framework Engineering methodology Spiral development
NATO – NCOIC links / exchanges Maj Gen Gijsbers, ACT Maj Gen D’Hollander, NATO HQ Dag Wilhelmsen, NC3A NCOIC to NATO NATO to NCOIC NATO representatives on NCOIC Advisory Board POLICY NATO NC3 Board meetings with NCOIC NATO-NCOIC cooperation agreements NATO CWID participation MILITARY NATO CD&E consultation NCAT v1 NIF v1 NNEC FS Comments NNEC FS NIF v1Comments NCAT v1 Comments TECHNICAL NATO-NCOIC Collaborative Work Packages
NCOIC – the immediate challenges re NATO Confirm our position as a trusted advisor to NATO on NCO (ACT - NC3S - NC3A - NIAG) Deliver essential tools which respond to NATO needs (NCATv2 - NIFv2 – SCOPE) Implement NCOIC participation in spiral development
Spiral development for Interoperability 2010 2009 2008 NCAT v2 SCOPE 2007 NNEC Implementation NIF v2
Importance of cooperation No company can win in a race to deliver network-centricity. But each of us can lose if we do not stay at the forefront of the international effort. Our customers want globally interoperable NEC solutions - not US, not European, and certainly not US v European. So we have no choice: we must take part in a global effort to develop standards and architectural approaches. Working withNATO is the key to our success
Panel Major General Koenraad Gijsbers, Netherlands Army Assistant Chief of Staff (ACOS) C4I NATO Allied Command Transformation Kenneth L. Cureton Chairman, NCOIC Engineering Processes Functional Team Senior Engineering Manager, NCO Architecture Engineering The Boeing Company