1 Research Technology Organisation RTO IST —

1 Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) IST - April 07

2 OUTLINE RTO Mission, Place and Tools RTO Organisation IST Mission & Scope IST Membership IST Technical Activities IST - April 07

3 NATO/RTO Mission and Objectives The RTO Mission – to conduct and promote co-operative Defense research and information exchange within NATO and with its “Partners”. The RTO Objectives – To support the development and effective use of national defence R&T and thus to maintain a technological lead within the Alliance, – To meet the military needs of the Alliance (National Interests), – To provide advice to NATO and IST - April 07 Dr. von Kármán

4 RTO Tools Technical Teams such as: Exploratory Teams RK O – Task Groups TW Consultant, Support – Symposia NE and Partners : a – Workshops Programmes rt ho – Specialists Meetings s I – Lecture Seriesn Publications and – Technical Courses Website – Experiments, Demonstrations http: //www. rto. nato. int IST - April 07

5 How the RTO Works ET • Nations • NATO Nations Pf. P, MD Task Group = 3 Years life RTO • NATO Military Committee CNAD NATO BODIES IST - April 07 Improve effectiveness of national defence R&T advice to national decision makers • Deliverables Provide solutions to R&T needs of the Alliance R&T advice to NATO decision makers Event IST-073

6 R&T in NATO Structure North Atlantic Council NATO C 3 Board Military Committee RTB RTA Allied Command Transformation NATO Underwater Research Center IST - April 07 Science Committee RTO NATO C 3 Agency Allied Command Operations Conference of National Armament Directors NATO Army Armaments Group NATO Industrial Advisory Group NATO Naval Armaments Group NATO Air Force Armaments Group

7 NATO Defence R&T Organisation North Atlantic Council (NAC) Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) Research and Technology Board (RTB) SAS SCI SET IST AVT HFM MSG System, Analysis and Studies Systems Concepts & Integratio n Sensors and Electronic s Technolo gy Informatio n Systems Technolo gy Applied Vehicle Technolo gy Human Factors and Medicine Modeling & Simulatio n Group EXPERT LEVEL PANEL LEVEL BOARD LEVEL Military Committee (MC) IST - April 07 Symposi a Task Groups Lecture Series Other RSY RTG RLS Other Symposi a Task Groups Lecture Series Other

8 Co-operation Spectrum Information Exchange Fundamental Research Studies Common Demonstrators Experiments Applied Technology Research Development Research and Technology Organization IST - April 07 Proto typing Joint / Coop. Projects Production

9 24 NATO Nations in RTO (not in IST) IST - April 07

10 20 Partners for Peace (Pf. P) ALBANIA ARMENIA AUTRALIA AZERBAIDJAN BELARUS CROATIA FINLAND FYROM (MACEDONIA) GEORGIA IRELAND IST - April 07 KAZAKHSTAN KYRGHYZ Republic MOLDOVA RUSSIAN Federation SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TADJIKISTAN TURKMENISTAN UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN

11 7 Mediterranean Dialogue Countries (MD) ALGERIA EGYPT ISRAEL JORDAN MAURITANIA MOROCCO TUNISIA IST - April 07