NATO Research and Development

The goal of this activity is to develop technologies that enable interoperability among partner countries' command, control, communications, sensors, and information systems. Efforts include development of a single solution standard avoiding development of multiple unique solutions and leverage existing interoperability standards developed by NATO. Such standards include common doctrine, technical and procedural specifications to make better use of existing information, shared data, leveraged national operating picture capabilities and enable the development of interoperability of data, databases, applications, security domains and national networks architectures. Includes efforts from areas formerly titled Multi-National Network Enabled Capabilities, Low Level Air Defense Interoperability, Joint Tactical Radio (JTRS), Combat Identification, and Multilateral Interoperability Program.

The goal of this activity is to cooperate with partner countries to increase interoperability and develop jointly technologies to improve range, payloads, speed, survivability and lethality to maintain U.S. technical superiority and combat overmatch for Army weapons systems and associated munitions. Areas of cooperation include fuzing and warhead systems, guidance systems, counter improvised explosive device neutralization, directed energy, and fire control systems. Such cooperative development will be done under the auspices of international agreements established among the participating countries for the purposes of improving defense capabilities of the U.S. and partner countries.

Armaments Cooperation Enterprise Support/ International Online (IOL) Development and Implementation NATO/International Cooperative R&D (AR 70-41) and International Acquisition (AR 70-1, AR 70-3). The goal of this activity is to expand worldwide allied standardization and interoperability through cooperative Research and Development (R&D) and technology sharing per SECDEF guidance and especially in support of the U.S. Army. The execution AR 70-41 responsibilities requires DASA (DE&C) to conduct engagement with key strategy foreign partners in all regions of the world through the SNR(A) program, international agreement negotiations, and other bilateral and multilateral forums involving DASA (DE&C) personnel. This program will fund the travel costs and administrative support (studies, analysis, interpretation, equipment, etc.) required to participate internationally, such as the NATO Army Armaments Group (NAAG), Defense Against Terrorism (DAT) and to pursue new cooperative R&D initiatives and international cooperative agreements such as memoranda of understanding.

Senior National Representatives (Army) (SNR-(A)) Projects (Partners: France, Germany, United Kingdom and Italy): Supports harmonization of programs at various levels: exchanging information, identifying knowledge gaps and conducting feasibility studies to further promote cooperative development; standardizing, fielding and road-mapping various processes; distributing the workload among the different nations. Technology Demonstrations hosted by the U.S. reps to Land Group 6, NATO Army Armaments Group (NAAG), will provide an opportunity to observe and demonstrate the current and future capability of participating NATO nations with a view to assisting future operational and materiel interoperability. Army support of NAAG studies, analysis and technology demonstrations.

The goal of this activity is to cooperate with partner countries to increase interoperability and develop jointly technologies to improve survivability, weapons, ground platforms (manned and unmanned), and mobility and counter-mobility to provide soldiers with unmatched offensive and defensive capabilities in weapons and military vehicles. Areas of cooperation include ground systems design, propulsion, structures, robotics, alternative fuels and lubricants, systems integration, electronics, and power management. Such cooperative development will be done under the auspices of international agreements established among the participating countries for the purposes of improving defense capabilities of the U.S. and partner countries.

The goal of this activity is to cooperate with partner countries to increase interoperability and develop jointly improved aerodynamics, aeromechanics, avionics, weapons and sensor integration, propulsion, and aviation autonomy technologies that improve range, payloads, speed, survivability and lethality to maintain U.S. technical superiority and combat overmatch for vertical lift aviation systems. Such cooperative development will be done under the auspices of international agreements established among the participating countries for the purposes of improving defense capabilities of the U.S. and partner countries.