The NATO Programming Centre (NPC) is part of the

NATO Communications and Information Agency The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO's technology and cyber hub. The Agency provides C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance; refer to Command and cont ...

(NCIA). The NPC is responsible for system support and maintenance of the Air Command and Control Systems (Air C2). The centre is located in

Glons Glons (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Bassenge, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Glons is a significant site in that it is the home of the NATO Programming Centre The NATO Programming Centre (NPC) is ...

, a village close to the cities of

Tongeren Tongeren (; french: Tongres ; german: Tongern ; li, Tóngere ) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of Belgium. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium, as the onl ...

and

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. It employs nearly 200 people. It is an integral part of the NCIA's Air C2 Programme Office and Services, previously known as NATO ACCS Management Agency (NACMA) for the ACCS Programme and with the

NATO Support Agency The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (french: L'Agence OTAN de soutien et d'acquisition ), abbreviated to NSPA, is the main logistics and procurement agency of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and is the executive branch of the ''N ...

(NSPA) for the maintenance of various Air Command and Control systems.

References

External links

NPC official site

NCI Agency

NSPA

{{int-org-stub Bassenge Information operations units and formations of NATO