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It does not address recommendations on how to solve these challenges, which will be the focus of another increment that will be included in the BI-SC JAPS Interoperability Study final report. It highlights relevant JAPS interoperability considerations to inform the defence planning process and provides main themes of the study to be considered by defence planners for incorporation into the NDPP. SG240 will deliver its final report in November This interim report represents another increment to the Bi-SC JAPS Interoperability Study. NIAG Study Group 240 (SG240) will provide the SCs with an important industrial view, leveraging experts from 19 companies from 10 nations.
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This report provides a critical operational view to the overall BI-SC JAPS Interoperability Study and was supplemented by a Bi-SC in session update by SCs to the MCWG (P&C) in June In June 2019, ACT initiated another increment of the study by commissioning a NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) study. At Reference E, NATO Allied Command Operations (ACO) provided the second increment of the Bi-SC JAPS Interoperability Study, with the delivery of ACO Operational Assessment Interoperability Report, which was informed by survey responses from several Nations, expertise from a number of NATO headquarters and Centres of Excellence (COE), and an in depth interoperability study conducted by the European Air Group (EAG).


At Reference D, ACT provided the first increment of the Bi-SC JAPS Interoperability Study with the delivery of an Interim Joint Air Power Strategy (JAPS) Interoperability Report, which identified a number of interoperability challenges associated with Joint Air Power capabilities and the command and control (C2) of air power. The guidance included tasking to provide an interim report no later than 1 September 2019 to allow the main themes of the study to be incorporated into the Minimum Capability Requirement derivation process and is aligned with the information requirements from other stakeholders.
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At Reference C, the International Military Staff (IMS) acknowledged that the study will be delivered in increments, in order to cover the full spectrum of interoperability in joint air operations. In particular, the SCs, with ACT in lead, were tasked to identify potential technological, process and human interoperability considerations and challenges between old and next generation platforms/systems and provide recommendations on a process how to address these. At Reference B, the Strategic Commands (SCs) were tasked to provide the required input for the implementation of JAPS. The guidance included tasking to the NATO Military Authorities (NMAs) to identify potential interoperability considerations and challenges, including those from an operational perspective, and provide recommendations on a process to address these. SH/SDP/J5/PLPNC/ (INV), NATO's Joint Air Power Strategy Implementation - ACO Operational Assessment Interoperability Report, 18 Apr At Reference A, the Council approved NATO's Joint Air Power Strategy (JAPS) and provided additional guidance for the implementation of the strategy. 5000ITSC FCR 0010ITT-0924/Ser:NU0057, ACT Interoperability Report - NATO's Joint Air Power Strategy Implementation, 7 Feb E. IMSM, ACT's Request for Extension to Deliver the Bi-SC Joint Air Power Strategy Implementation Report on Interoperability Considerations, 3 Dec D. IMSM, NATO's Joint Air Power Strategy Implementation, 14 Mar C. PO(2018)00447, NATO's Joint Air Power Strategy, 6 February B. 1 Releasable to I P d~ NATO \jr:::' OTAN RTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION DU TRAITÉ DE L'ATLANTIQUE RD HEADQUARTERS SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER TRANSFORMATION 7857 BLANDY ROAD, SUITE 100 RFOLK, VIRGINIA, ACT/CAPDEV/REQITT-1020/SERNU-0300 TO: SUBJECT: Director General, International Military Staff INTERIM REPORT - NATO'S JOINT AIR POWER STRATEGY INTEROPERABILITY STUDY DATE: 30 August 2019 REFERENCES: A.
