The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Organization (NC3O) was formed in 1996. Its main objective is to provide a coherent, secure and interoperable C3 capability to the
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
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The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Board (NATO C3 Board or NC3B), formed in 1996, acts as a Board of Directors for the NC3O and as its main policy body.
The NC3B meets every 6 months to review progress within the NC3O's two agencies, the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (
NC3A
The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) was formed in 1996 by merging the SHAPE Technical Centre (STC) in The Hague, Netherlands; and the NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency (NACISA) in Brussels, Belgium. NC3A was pa ...
) and the NATO Communication and Information Systems Services Agency
NCSA, previously known as NACOSA. The NC3B is supported in its work by the staff within the
NHQC3S and the sub-committees.
There are two main parts within the structure supporting NC3O which are on one side the Sub-Committees and, on the other side, the Agencies and support bodies.
The Subcommittees are divided depending on their roles going from the more policy oriented (i.e. SC/1) to the more technically oriented (i.e. SC/7).
Every Subcommittee is divided into Working Groups (WGs) or Ad Hoc Working Groups (AHWGs) and every Working Group is divided into Syndicates. When needed, a Subcommittee can create a Syndicate depending directly from itself.
Structure
* NATO C3 Board
** Agencies and support bodies
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NC3REPS (National representatives within the NC3O)
***
NC3A
The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) was formed in 1996 by merging the SHAPE Technical Centre (STC) in The Hague, Netherlands; and the NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency (NACISA) in Brussels, Belgium. NC3A was pa ...
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NATO CIS Services Agency (NCSA)
*** NATO C3 Staff
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
PKI Advisory Cell
** Subcommittees
*** SC/1 - C3 CC SC (C3 Capability Coherence Subcommittee)
**** WG/1 C3 Policy
**** WG/2 C3 Capabilities
**** WG/3 C3 Interoperability
**** WG/4 NOSWG (NATO Open Systems Working Group)
**** AHWG/1 Maritime C3
*** SC/3 - FMSC (Frequency Management Subcommittee)
**** WG/1 Policy
**** WG/2 Military Frequency
**** WG/3 Technical
*** SC/4 - IA SC (Information Assurance Subcommittee)
**** AHWG/1 Cross-Domain Issues
**** AHWG/2 Technical IA Services
**** AHWG/3 Security Management Infrastructure
**** AHWG/4 Cryptographic Services
**** AHWG/5 Reserved
*** SC/5 - IS SC (Information Services Subcommittee)
**** WG/1 DataLink
**** WG/2 Message Text Formats
**** WG/3 DMSWG (Data Management Services Working Group)
**** WG/4 XMLSWG (XML Management Services Working Group)
**** WG/5 CESWG (Core Enterprise Services Working Group)
*** SC/6 - CNS SC (Communication and Network Services Subcommittee)
**** WG/1 Networking
**** WG/2 SATCOM
**** AHWG/1 BLOS Comms
**** AHWG/2 V/UHF Radio
**** AHWG/3 Secure Multimedia Conferencing
*** SC/7 - IDENT SC (Identification Subcommittee)
**** AHWG/4 NATO Mode and Mode S Identification
**** AHWG/5 Air To Surface Identification
*** SC/8 - NAV SC (Navigation Subcommittee)
**** AHWG NAVWAR
**** AHWG Precision Positioning Systems Certification
External links
NC3O Chapter in the NATO Handbook
NATO agencies
Military research institutes
Command and control