Frank E Schneider

Standards nowadays have a pervasive omnipresence in everyday life; even so most of them remain hidden. The use of these standards enables us to gather information from all over the world. The facts where the information is coming from (location, device, server, etc.), where the user is and what end device he uses remain irrelevant as long as the appropriate standards are used. In the military field there are also many existing standards. However many of them are unused and even if used some of them are not properly implemented. As result multi-national operations often reveal that interoperability even today remains wishful thinking. Consequently the next step is to plan and implement a capability concept demonstrator (CCD) that will use these standards and validate the compatibility chain from the acquisition of ISR data on the UGV up to the end user terminal of a C2 system. Every participating nation will do that for their particular UGV and C2 system but based on the agreed set of standards mentioned above. We acknowledge that much related research has already been done and is (being) done within NATO panels. Apart from realising the CCD, our goal is to identify additional related RTGs and other potential collaborators like EDA to achieve a synergy among them in the area of UGS & C2 and thus generate results with a higher impact. The RTG will reach the objectives via a staged process, where each demonstration stage builds upon the previous. The stages will include: • Identification of additional related RTGs and other potential collaborators. • Planning and theoretical proof of concept that validates the selected standards and overall structure. • Implementation of the standards and their testing on stationary computers in a network. • Transfer and testing of the standards onto a single physical UGS which uses radio communication. • Transfer and testing of the standards onto a coalition UGS which uses radio communication.