The Coordinated Defence Role in Civil (Telecon) Standardization
Abstract
The "ruthless pursuit of COTS"is increasing the penetration of unmodified COTS' technology and standards in the military domain. Therefore, as the defence community becomes more reliant on off the shelf products and standards, it is increasingly a stake-holder in the results of the civil process. This should lead to a motivation to be a proactive participant in the civil process by which the civil standards (and technology) are developed. This paper presents the outcome of a recently held workshop (29th November 1999) organised by the NATO C3 Agency and hosted by the European Telecommunication Standards institute (ETSI). The agenda, report and presentations are available at http:flww.nc3a.nato.int. This paper discuses ETSI specifically, but the arguments and principles also apply to other standards fora. it was proposed that there should be a coordinated action within the defence community of the Alliance with respect to civil standards which will encourage the emergence of a harmonised defence market for civil telecommunication products (COTS). This paper will discuss the possibilities and significance of defence requirements capture within the context of civil telecommunication standards development.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADP010664
Entities
People
- J. P. Thorlby
Organizations
- NATO