NATO AGS

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This project is the U.S. share of the cost for North Atlantic Treat Organization (NATO) to acquire a ground surveillance capability-based on the U.S. Global Hawk (GH) Block 40 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The North Atlantic Council (NAC) validated the requirement in 1995 for a NATO-owned and operated core air-to-ground surveillance capability supplemented by interoperable national assets. Since then, the Major NATO Commanders have consistently made Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) their number one equipment acquisition priority. - October 1997, NATO Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) approved AGS NATO Staff Requirement (NSR). - April 1999, NATO Washington Summit Defense Capabilities Initiatives (DCI) included need for a NATO-owned and operated core system for ground surveillance. - September 2001, Reinforced NAC (RNAC) re-affirmed need for a NATO-owned and operated AGS capability by 2010 and to move forward with the program. - November 2002, NATO Prague Summit approved Prague Capabilities Commitment (PCC) that includes an airborne ground surveillance capability. - December 2003, AGS Steering Committee approved in principle the merger of NATO AGS and the Trans-Atlantic Cooperative AGS Radar (TCAR) sensor projects. - May 2004, Following a competitive Project Definition Study, CNAD endorsed the Trans-Atlantic Industrial Proposed Solution (TIPS) consortium's selection as the program of record to enter the Design and Development Phase and directed that the TCAR sensor development project be integrated into the AGS program. - May 2004, AGS Steering Committee approved an updated Master Schedule supporting a 2010 Initial Operating Capability (IOC) with Full Operational Capability (FOC) by 2013. - November 2005, Risk Reduction Study (RRS) was completed providing the Nations a higher degree of confidence in six areas of concern: program management; harmonization with other pending NATO aircraft programs; interoperability with existing national systems; compatibility with the NATO intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance architecture; integration of the TCAR sensor; and affordability. - April 2006, CNAD approved release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) to industry for the Design and Development (D&D) phase, including a mixed fleet (manned and unmanned) and development of at least one radar for either, with a total procurement Not to Exceed of ~3.3B (Base Year euros equivalent to $5.4B Then Year dollars). - October 2006, AGS Industries (AGSI, former TIPS consortium) formally submitted a proposal compliant with the RFP. CNAD agreed that the proposal, as submitted by AGSI, would form the basis for negotiations of the D&D contract and tasked the AGS Support Staff (AGS3) to begin negotiations with AGSI. - May 2007, Contract negotiations with AGSI were completed. Total value of the D&D contract was ~545M (Then Year euros equivalent to $763M Then Year dollars) for the system design activity (to be funded by all participating nations) plus ~385M (Then Year euros equivalent to $539M Then Year dollars) for the radar development activity (to be funded by six nations, including the U.S.). The period of performance was 31 months after award and the contract prices were valid until December 1, 2007. - June 2007, The AGS Funding Documents (Program Memorandum of Understanding (PMOU), Design & Development Supplement, and the TCAR Implementing Arrangement (IA)) were released to nations for final staffing, leading to their approval and signature. Target completion date was the Fall CNAD meeting in October 2007. - July 2007, At an Extra-ordinary CSC meeting, Canada, France, Germany, and The Netherlands indicated they could not support the Program of Record due to affordability. The CSC recommended ceasing work on the Program of Record in favor of a UAV only capability based on an Off-The-Shelf Global Hawk (OTS-GH) equipped with the U.S. Multi-Platform Radar Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor. This capability was previously endorsed by the user, Supreme Headquarters Allied Command Europe (SHAPE). - September 2007, CSC directed AGS3 to revise the procurement strategy and update the funding documents and the NATO Management Organization Charter for the re-structured program. - June 2008, NATO AGS Program Memorandum of Understanding released for national staffing. - October 2008, Request for Proposal for NATO AGS prime development contract released to industry. - June 2009, U.S. signs the NATO AGS PMOU. Including the U.S. signature, 13 of 15 participating nations have signed the PMOU. - September 3, 2009, PMOU in effect.

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Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
Source ID: P018_1001018D8Z_7_0400_PB_2011

NATO AGS

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