ICC (Integrated Command and Control)

TBM Satellite early warning sharing system

Web interface for ADAMS (Allied Deployment and Movement System)

Integrated Data Environment (IDE) -JWID 2000

ICC
ICC (Integrated Command and Control) is an integrated C3I environment that provides information management and decision support to NATO Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) level air operation activities during peacetime, exercise and wartime. ICC supports the most critical Air Command and Control functions, such as Planning and Tasking, Air Task Order generation, Current Offensive and Defensive Operations, and Recognized Air Picture Display. In addition, ICC supports the dissemination of orders, reports and imagery between the CAOC and the Headquarters above and below the CAOC.
ICC has been developed at NC3A (NATO Consultation, Command, and Control Agency) in The Hague, The Netherlands. ICC is being used to investigate requirements of the future NATO ACCS (Air Command and Control System). ICC has evolved into NATO's interim operational capability in several ICAOC's in the NATO Northern, Central and Southern region as part of their AOPTS (Air Operations Planning and Tasking System) initiatives, and is being interfaced with national systems. Various other sites and NATO nations have decided to adopt Integrated Command and Control as their interim capability for national Air Operations Centers.
LuciadMap™ provides the mapping capabilities of the next release of ICC, termed JICC. It is a pure Java solution that will run on the installed base of Sun Microsystems. It can also be deployed on low-cost MS Windows platforms. The LuciadMap™ API satisfies the advanced mapping requirements of an Air Command and Control system:

• combining raster data (CADRG), matrix data (DTED), and vector data
  
• high precision geodesy calculations (airspace de-confliction)
  
• display of dynamic data over map data (Recognized Air Picture, Mission Previewer)
  
• support for different architectures: stand-alone, client-server, and multi-tiered (CORBA)
  

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TBM Early Warning
NATO C3 Agency has conducted proof-of concept work related to the use of the US offer to share satellite early warning information on theatre ballistic missile (TBM) attacks. This has resulted in the development of prototype capabilities. They have been fielded and tested in operational exercises throughout Allied Command Europe's (ACE) central and southern regions.
LuciadMap™ is being used to re-implement this prototype and integrate it in the Integrated Command and Control System (J-ICC). This new J-ICC component will provide capabilities for refining short-dwell-time targets and assessing potential missile impact areas in order to provide passive defense warning. It will be integrated with airborne ground surveillance systems such as the Joint Surveillance Target Acquisition Reporting System (JSTARS) and HORIZON in order to provide real-time target updates.
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Web interface for ADAMS
NATO is currently implementing a Web interface to the ADAMS database on the CRONOS network. LuciadMap™ is the product of choice for the geographical mapping part of the interface. LuciadMap™ gives the end user an interactive mapping capability to query and visualize air bases, seaports, logistics bases, lines of communication lines, and so on, all displayed on top of DCW and DTED data.
ADAMS (Allied Deployment and Movement System) is widely used in NATO commands and nations for the analysis, the generation and the co-ordination of movement plans. It provides the tools to plan and manage deployment operations.
The Web interface on the CRONOS network will improve the multinational coordination and integration of operational transportation plans and logistics reporting.
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Integrated Data Environment (IDE)
IDE is a data federation system to merge data from different Command and Control systems into a single common database. IBM, CCI, and Luciad have built an early version of IDE that was demonstrated at JWID 2000 (Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration).
LuciadMap™ is used as the common operational picture (COP) visualizing data from four different systems: ICC (air bases, missions, and airspace elements), ADAMS (logistics assets and communication lines), JOIIS (intelligence data), and MCCIS (maritime units). The IDE demonstration has sparked large interest both within the NATO military community and in the staff branches of the national defence ministries.
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