Common Operational Picture (COP) enhancements towards the integration of COP sources that provide all required functional layers, such as air and ground tracks, geo-political information, control measures, and significant activities (SIGACTS). http://www.nc3a.nato.int/SiteCollectionDocuments/Annual%20Report%202010.pdfThe NNEC ‘Joint’ vision provides that the acquisition of a capability for a specifi c force (for example, the Air Force) takes into consideration, from the start, its integration with the other forces, in order to avoid stove-pipe acquisitions and systems which are not able to integrate to form a common operational picture and situational awareness. In addition, the NNEC speaks in terms of ‘Services’ and not ‘Technologies’, favours the adoption of common (NATO if possible) standards for better and wider i nteroperability amongst the Nations, and the building of services using a modular approach in order to leverage on existing services and to avoid ‘re-inventing the wheel’ each time: this is the paradigm of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA ), which is an integrating part of the NNEC. http://www.nc3a.nato.int/SiteCollectionDocuments/C4ISR_CA.pdfFurthermore, ICC is capable of displaying a Joint Common Operational Picture (JCOP), fully supports the joint targeting cycle between the Joint Force Command (JFC) and the Component Commands (CC). ICC also has interfaces to get access to Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) data from Coalition Shared Databases (CSD - MAJIIC) and display friendly force tracking information. NC3A Offer The expertise built at NC3A in the REP field can support the NATO Military Command Structure and NATO Nations in the following domains: 1. Situational Awareness Development: -- Production of a Recognized Environmental Picture (REP) which provides users access to accurate, timely, relevant and reliable oceanography, meteorology, geospatial and supporting remote sensing data and products required at the joint level to conduct military operations. -- Integration of the REP i n the Common Operational Picture (COP). 2.Decision making process support: -- Establish Environmental information superiority and support the decision making process -- ICC has been adopted as National COP viewer system for use by worldwide UK forces and is a viewer of the NATO JCOP. Development of interim capabilities (SOF C2IS) based on existing robust tools for situational awareness and C2; offering among other services sophisticated mapping capabilities and access to NATO's COP and Friendly Force Tracking information. Service Description -- The PMIC Integration Facility currently holds the various Alliance AIS baselines. The portfolio includes the following services/systems: -- Infrastructure Services (Data Storage and Data Management Services, Exercise/Event Management & Provisioning Services, Virtualization Services, Software Streaming Services). -- Core Services (Core GIS, iGeoSIT Enterprise Management Services). -- Functional Area Services (COP, JOCWatch, TOPFAS, MCCIS, ICC, NIRIS, LOGFAS, LC2IS, JOIIS, JCHAT). -- Messaging Services (NMS–NATO Messaging System, IEMS–Informal E-mail System). http://www.nc3a.nato.int/SiteCollectionDocuments/NC3ACatalogueOfExpertiseMay2010.pdf
