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Interoperability in Afghanistan
The perspective of NCSA
The ISAF CIS Coordinator and Service Provider
AFCEA Event SHAPE 2010
16 June
Dag Wilhelmsen
Technical Director
NATO CIS Services Agency
NATO has discovered that
times have changed
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needing capabilities that
underpin mission success
Delivered on time
and supported
with excellence
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and securing freedom of
movement cross country
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The Afghanistan Mission
Network (AMN)
• Provide connectivity
• Ensure common C2
and situational
awareness
• Establish single
mission network (AMN)
• Migrate National
applications to National
Extensions
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AMN Concept
Primary Coalition Command Control
Communication Computer
Intelligence Surveillance
Reconnaissance
network for all ISAF
forces
Replacing
national
networks
OTHER
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All information
systems to be
operational on
the AMN
Integrated AMN
Operation Centres
ANSF
LCSS
(CANADA)
ISAF
SECRET
CENTRIXS
(US)
CAESAR
(ITALY)
OVERTASK
(UK)
DATA ONLY
NATIONAL
NETWORK
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SECRET
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Releasable to ISAF
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AMN Areas of focus
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Network Architecture and Infrastructure
Functional Area Systems Integration
Joint ISR
IP based Interoperable VTC Services
Deployable CIS Nodes/ Micro-POPs
Network Operations/ Service Management
Information Assurance/ Cross Domain
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AMN Current and Future Status
NATO
Funded
SIPRNet
(U.S.)
NATO
Secret
ISAF Secret
Network
FOC +
Email
Web
Voice
Chat
BICES
CAN (LCSS)
US
CENTRIX-ISAF
UK
OVER TASK
NOR
FIS Basis IS
ITA (CAESARNet)
GER (JCCIS)
CENTRIXS-GCTF
(80 COUNTRIES)
SPN
SIMACET
Nationally
Funded
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Releasable to ISAF
Afghanistan
Mission
Network
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AMN NIP Design
Solution
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NCSA Support to ISAF
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NCSA Support to ISAF
• Single CIS Service Coordinator
In-Theatre
• Coherent Service Management Framework
• Based on new C2 arrangements with
SACEUR
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NCSA’s Position
Military
Committee
NAC
NATO C3
Board
SACEUR
Non-Operational
direction
OPCON
(for Operations)
NCSA “as a whole”
(indivisible mission / organisation)
SLAs
OpPlans/OpOrders
CIS support to
Static HQ structures
Consultation
C2 for
NFS
• NATO HQ
Brussels
• Nations’
customers
C2 for
NCS
• ACT
• +Substructure
 Reach back 
C2 for
NCS
• ACO
• +Substructure
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NCSA DCIS
elements
• DCMs
• CIS Logistic
Depot
CIS support to
NATO Operations
Supporting
NATO
elements
Supporting
National CIS
elements
• NC3A
• NAMSA
• Contractors
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AMN Service
Management Framework
• Established in full compliance with ITIL
V3 and ISO 20000-2
• NETOPS implemented with due regard
to the principles of federation (Unity of
Effort)
• 3 essential processes implemented at
IOC:
– Change Management
– Incident Management
– Configuration and Asset Management
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AMN Federated Service
Management (NETOPS)
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NCSA:
NATO’s Driving Force for Efficient CIS Services
Questions?
NATO CIS Services Agency
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