Interoperability of U.S. and NATO Allied Air Forces: Suporting Data and Case Studies

Abstract

The United States conducts air operations with other willing NATO allies, including non-NATO members. To help the U.S. Air Force identify potential interoperability problems that may arise in such coalition air operations over the next decades and to suggest solution directions to mitigate those problems, this report applies a broad definition of interoperability used by the Department of Defense (DoD) to explore interoperability issues at each level of military operations-strategic, operational, tactical, and technological. A survey of aggregate data and a series of detailed case-study analyses regarding recent U.S. coalition operations with NATO allies were undertaken to better understand interoperability through five key questions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA438886

Entities

People

  • Bill Little
  • Eric Larson
  • Gustav Lindstrom
  • Jim Keffer
  • Ken Gardiner
  • Myron Hura

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Airframes
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • International Relations
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Warfare

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.