1

NATO Air Command and Control System (ACCS)Level of Operational Capability 1 (LOC1)

Dominique Guillerm PENS SymposiumNCIA/Air C2/PMD 17th 18th Oct 2012Senior Systems Engineer Bruxelles

NATO UNCLASSIFIED 1

2

Briefing Summary

1. NATO ACCS Overview

2. ATM Information Exchange Requirements for NATO ACCS

3. ATM Interfaces / Standards for NATO ACCS

3

1.1. NATO ACCS OverviewNATO ACCS Overview

4

Why ACCS ?

Delivery and Implementation of One Single SystemOne Single System for NATO Air Defense and Theatre Missile Defence

5

What is ACCS?Integrated Air Command & Control Planning and Execution

Planning / Tasking

C2 Resource Management

Force Management

Airspace Management

CAOCCombined Air Operations Centre

ARSACC - Air Operations Centre RPC - RAP Production CentreSFP - Sensor Fusion Post

Surveillance & Identification

Air Traffic Control

Air Mission Control

Mission Execution

Aircraft Control SAM Control

ATC

SurveillanceData Links

Identification

Planningand

Tasking

Current OpsMission

Monitoring Status Reports, JEP

TaskingMonitoring

Common Data Base

6

ACCS LOC 1 Sites

CAOC

ARS

CARS

CAOC +

DCAOC

STVF

DARS

ARSN. Milligen

CARSKarup

ARSSørreisa

ARSMonsanto

ARS +

DARS

ARSTorrejón

ARSC.M. La Pile

ARSErndtebrueck

CARSLarissa

ARSMessstetten

ARSS. Boleslav

ARSKrakow

ARSVeszprem

ARSEskisehir

CARSLyon- Mt. Verdun

ARS Glons

CAOC & DCAOC 1

Uedem

CARSPoggio

Renatico

DARS 1Nieuw

Milligen

7NATO UNCLASSIFIED

Keflavik ISL

AmariEST

KarmelavaLTU

LielvardeLVA

SofiaBGR

BalotestiROU

ZvolenSVK

BrnikSVN

PodvornicaHRV Rinas

ALB

ErndtebrueckDEU

ACCS Extension

8

NATO Unified Air C2 System

GroundAlert Aircraft

Air Defense Radars

EarlyWarning

Passivesensors

Land Forces Maritime Forces

SAM Units

Offensive Support Aircraft

Intercept

AEW

ExternalAgencies

L1

National Authorities

Adjacent C2

L1

ATC Centers

ACCSConnected

to Entities / Systems

Blue Force Tracking

Blue Force Tracking

BiSC AISBiSC AIS

BMDWeaponsSensors

C2

BMDWeaponsSensors

C2

Fut

ure

9

ACCS LOC1 key figures

� Interoperable Family-of-Systems

� About 300 Sensor Sites with 48 Different Radar Types

� About 700 link interfaces with 27Different types

� 49 million square mile Theater-of-Operations - Norway to Turkey

� 12 Million Total Lines of Integrated and Delivered Code

� 58 Operator Roles, over 450 Work Positions and 60 Servers

� About 200 (Operational and Tools) COTS Products

� Uses Internet technology and own overarching ACCS wide protocol for technical data exchange

Prime Contractor

+ 250 sub-contractors

10

Deployable CAOC (DCAOC)

• The DCAOC provides all the functionality of a static CAOC and provides NATO with a scalable, deployable capability for Planning, Tasking and Mission Monitoring of all air operations

• Same Software, same Hardware

420 transport cases containing:56 two-man workstationsAll DCAOC computer equipment2 UHF/AM radios1 HF radio1 L11B DTS1 L16 Equipment suite1 SHF SATCOM Hub 1 TSGT TerminalCrypto equipmentGenerators

• The DCAOC will support:• Combined Joint Task Forces operations

• Peacekeeping / Crisis Operations• Out-of-Region / Out-of-Area Operations

• NATO Response Force (NRF)• Exercises and Training• Reinforcement of static sites

11

Deployable ARS (DARS)

• The DARS provides all the functionality of a static ARS and provides NATO with a Scalable Deployable Capability

• Same Software, same Hardware

• The SHAPE (Full) DARS Configuration is 11 Shelters:

– 7 Operations Shelters

– 2 Link Support Shelters

– 2 Transport Shelters

• The DARS is Scaleable from 4 to 11 Shelters depending on:

– Mission requirements

– Number of Sorties Per Day

– Sustainability

Link Support Shelters

ADP SuiteData CommsRadio CommsVoice CommsLink 16 EquipmentLink 11 EquipmentMicrowave & SATCOMData SecurityLIU (TDL interfaces)SIDE (NRT interfaces)

Ops Shelters

56 Work Positions(4 two-man positions in eachshelter)

Full voice comms facility

Transport Shelters:

Equipment transportation,maintenance facility, spares and consumables

12

2.2. ATM Information Exchange Requirements ATM Information Exchange Requirements for NATO ACCSfor NATO ACCS

13

• ACCS is the NATO Programme to support Air Operations in peacetime, crisis situation or conflict enhancing:– Airspace Management– Surveillance– Air Traffic Control

ATM IERs for ACCS

14

• Compatible with EUROCONTROL standards to exchange:-- Airspace Use Plan (AUP Airspace Use Plan (AUP –– UUP)UUP)

� To produce the ACO (Airspace Coordination Order)

� To implement the Flexible Use of Airspace

ATM IERs for ACCSAirspace Management

15

• Compatible with EUROCONTROL standards to exchange:-- PlotPlot information

-- TrackTrack information

-- Mode SMode S information

� To produce the RAP (Recognized Air Picture)

ATM IERs for ACCSSurveillance

16

• Compatible with EUROCONTROL standards to exchange:

-- Flight PlanFlight Plan information

-- Flight DataFlight Data information

-- Airspace crossingAirspace crossing information

-- HandHand --Over of ControlOver of Control information

� To support the ATC control / coordination and the Identification Process based on Track-to-FPL correlation

ATM IERs for ACCSAir Traffic Control

17

3.3. ATM Interfaces / Standards for NATO ACCSATM Interfaces / Standards for NATO ACCS

18

ICAO Doc 4444 14th edition – 2001

Flight Plan Messages

ATC Mess

ATC Mess

ATM Interfaces / Standards in ACCS LOC1

19

ADEXP Ed. 2.0 - 06/1998

Flight Plan Messages

ATC Coordination Messages

Airspace Management Messages

ATC Mess

EUROCONTROL IFPS and RPL Dictionary of messages, Ed.1.0- 03/1998

EUROCONTROL Standard for OLDI Ed.2 - 09/1998

EUROCONTROL FctlSpec for Syst Supp to Airspace Data and Civ/Mil Co-ordination DPS.ET1.ST10.2000-FS-01-00 Ed. 1.0 -05/1996

Flight Plan / Data AUP UUP

ATM Interfaces / Standards in ACCS LOC1

20

ASTERIX

MonoradarTarget Rpts

Cat 001 Ed.1.0, 11/1997

MonoradarService Msgs

Cat 002 Ed.1.0, 11/1997

Service Msgs

Cat 034 Ed.1.2611/ 2000

Target Report

Cat 048 Ed.1.14 11/ 2000

System Track Data / Status

Cat 062 Ed.0.19 06/2001

Flight Plan MADAP

Cat 150

ATM Interfaces / Standards in ACCS LOC1

21

• Communications Protocols:

–– AFTN network connexionAFTN network connexion over X.25over X.25 iaw ICAO annex 10 to support ICAO IERs

–– Pt to Pt connexion over X.25Pt to Pt connexion over X.25 to iawEUROCONTROL Flight Data Exchange ICD

ATM Interfaces / Standards in ACCS LOC1

22

ICAO Doc 4444ICAO Doc 4444

IFPL

AFTN : ICAO AFTN : ICAO Annex 10Annex 10

X.25X.25

OLDI Ed.2 1998OLDI Ed.2 1998

AUPHDO

ADEXP Ed.2 1998ADEXP Ed.2 1998

FLD

FPL

FDE ICD 1998FDE ICD 1998

ATM Standards in ACCS LOC1Summary Overview for DataData

ACCSACCS

XIN

ASTERIXASTERIXCat 001 Ed.1.0, 1997Cat 001 Ed.1.0, 1997Cat 002 Ed.1.0, 1997Cat 002 Ed.1.0, 1997Cat 034 Ed.1.26, 2000Cat 034 Ed.1.26, 2000Cat 048 Ed.1.14, 2000Cat 048 Ed.1.14, 2000Cat 062 Ed.0.19, 2001Cat 062 Ed.0.19, 2001

.Monoradar Target

.Monoradar Service

.Service Msgs

.Target Rprt

.System Track Data

.Flight Plan - MADAP

X.25 X.25 --> IP> IP

23

• Applicable documents for ATM Voice InterfaceVoice Interface in ACCS LOC1:

1. EUROCAE ED-137 Interoperability Standards for VoIP ATM Components

2. EUROCAE ED-138 Network Requirements and Performances for VoIP ATM Systems

ATM Standards in ACCS LOC1

24

Questions ?Questions ?