NATO Land Group 8 Update

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NATO Land Group 8 Update

• Gene Wiehagen
• Chairman, NATO Land Group 8, Simulation
  Interoperability for Joint Training and
  Operational Support

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MISSION

• Develop and Implement Operational Simulation
  Devices within the NAAG by identifying standards
  and seeking opportunities for collaboration
  between nations.
• Implement directives of NATO Modeling and
  Simulation Coordination Office.
• Anticipate future training requirements
• Related Documents
• Land Operations 2020
• SHAPE - NATO Policy for Training, Evaluation,
  and Exercises
• NATO Modeling and Simulation Master Plan
• SAS 030, URBAN Operations 2020
• Composition
• Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech
  Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
  Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Romania,
  Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
  Turkey, Ukrain, United Kingdom, United States,
  SHAPE, SACLANT, NC3A.

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Current Program of Work

• Draft STANAG 4603, Simulation High Level
  Architecture (HLA).
• Monitor status of proposed ISO Synthetic
  Environment Data Representation Interchange
  Specification (SEDRIS) Standards.
• Investigate need for standards in area of
  Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT).
• Investigate need for standards in area of
  Embedded Training. (new task as of June 02)

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Simplified NATO Structure An understanding by
LG 8 MOUT TOE - Oct 01
Shaded blocks indicate groups currently involved
in NATO MOUT investigation
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
KEY CNAD - Council of National Armaments
Directors. NAFAG - NATO Air Force Armaments
Group. NAAG - NATO Army Armaments Group. NNAG -
NATO Naval Armaments Group. RTB - Research
Technology Board. NMSG - NATO Modeling and
Simulation Group. MSCO - Modeling and Simulation
Coordination Office.
NMC - NATO Military Committee NTG - NATO Training
Group ASG - Army Simulation Group. AFSG - Air
Force Simulation Group. NSG - Naval Simulation
Group. TSWG - Training Simulation Working
Group. LG 8 - Land Group 8 - Joint Simulation
operational support
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NATO Urban Combat Advanced Training Technology
(UCATT) Working Group
June 02, The NATO Army Armaments Group (NAAG)
approved UCATT WG. Mission Identify generic
training requirements for MOUT Consider need for
standards and architecture for interoperability I
dentify research objectives for future MOUT
training systems Industry Partners
Nations NATO
Anteon COEL Cubic GDI Lockheed Martin NSC
Oerlikon OSCMAR RUAG SAAB STN Atlas Thales
Canada France Germany Finland Netherlands Switzerl
and United Kingdom United States
LG/8 NTG/TSWG NTG/MOUT WG LG/3- WG/2