Farnborough 2016: NATO AGS operators get hands on
Recent NATO trials to test its Joint ISR concept used live data feeds from five information collection platforms from four countries.
Exercise Unified Vision 2016 provided the first opportunity for the operators of NATO’s new Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) to operate their system outside of training and work with NATO’s from Airborne Early Warning and Control (NAEWC) aircraft in a simulated environment.
AGS will see five Global Hawk UAS assets come into service by 2017-18 and will be integrated with the NAEWC to provide a more comprehensive joint ISR picture to NATO commanders at all levels.
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