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Distributed battle labs contribution to 'smart defence' highlighted in London
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On 13 September 2011, the Distributed Networked Battle Labs (DNBL) Framework was presented to the participants of the Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Industry Day in London.
The framework, a joint initiative of ACT and the NC3A, is operational since 2010 and provides its members (NATO, Nations and Industry) with a coherent and cost effective approach to: interoperability testing, modelling and simulation, training and cyber defence. More than 360 members of government, military, industry and academia took part in the event.
The theme of this year’s Industry Day was “Together, bringing affordable capabilities to our forces.”
During his speech at the ACT Industry Day,
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, underlined the need for deeper cooperation among NATO, Nations and Industry: “
Smart Defence allows NATO and Industry a unique opportunity; to cut our debts, to save our money and to enhance our capabilities
”, said Mr. Rasmussen.
In his opening address, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, General
Stéphane
Abrial asked for new business models to effectively implement the concept. “
At the heart of Smart Defence is an increased collaboration between a variety of players,
” said General Abrial.
The DNBL Framework answers a call for “pooling and sharing” resources in line with the concept endorsed by the Alliance during the Lisbon Summit last year. During its presentation, DNBL management outlined the framework’s current status as well as the way ahead.
To date, the framework has played a vital role in a number of important multilateral initiatives like the Afghan Mission Network Interoperability Testing working group and the MAJIIC 2 project as well as in a number of bilateral test events. The
DNBL community consists of 26 members and is currently supporting more than 260 users. The Framework offers to its members
Test & Experimentation (T&E) services and enables, collaborative experimentation, testing, verification and validation with Nations, Industry and Academia.
Participation in the DNBL framework is open for NATO, Nations and PfP countries, Industry and Academia.
For more information, please visit the DNBL web site
https://dnbl.nc3a.nato.int
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