The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Organization (NC3O) was formed in 1996. Its main objective is to provide a coherent, secure and interoperable C3 capability to the NATO.

The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Board (NATO C3 Board or NC3B), formed in 1996, acts as a board of directors for the NC3O and as its main policy body.

The NC3B meets every 6 months to review progress within the NC3O's two agencies, the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency ( NC3A) and the NATO Communication and Information Systems Services Agency NCSA, previously known as NACOSA. The NC3B is supported in its work by the staff within the NHQC3S and the sub-committees.

There are two main parts within the structure supporting NC3O which are on one side the Sub-Committees and, on the other side, the Agencies and support bodies.

The Subcommittees are divided depending on their roles going from the more policy oriented (i.e. SC/1) to the more technically oriented (i.e. SC/7). Every Subcommittee is divided into Working Groups (WGs) or Ad Hoc Working Groups (AHWGs) and every Working Group is divided into Syndicates. When needed, a Subcommittee can create a Syndicate depending directly from itself.

Structure

• NATO C3 Board
  • Agencies and support bodies
    • NC3REPS (National representatives within the NC3O)
    • NC3A
    • NATO CIS Services Agency (NCSA)
    • NATO C3 Staff
    • NATO PKI Management Authority
      • NATO PKI Advisory Cell
  • Subcommittees
    • SC/1 - C3 CC SC (C3 Capability Coherence Subcommittee)
      • WG/1 C3 Policy
      • WG/2 C3 Capabilities
      • WG/3 C3 Interoperability
      • WG/4 NOSWG (NATO Open Systems Working Group)
      • AHWG/1 Maritime C3
    • SC/3 - FMSC (Frequency Management Subcommittee)
      • WG/1 Policy
      • WG/2 Military Frequency
      • WG/3 Technical
    • SC/4 - IA SC (Information Assurance Subcommittee)
      • AHWG/1 Cross-Domain Issues
      • AHWG/2 Technical IA Services
      • AHWG/3 Security Management Infrastructure
      • AHWG/4 Cryptographic Services
      • AHWG/5 Reserved
    • SC/5 - IS SC (Information Services Subcommittee)
      • WG/1 DataLink
      • WG/2 Message Text Formats
      • WG/3 DMSWG (Data Management Services Working Group)
      • WG/4 XMLSWG (XML Management Services Working Group)
      • WG/5 CESWG (Core Enterprise Services Working Group)
    • SC/6 - CNS SC (Communication and Network Services Subcommittee)
      • WG/1 Networking
      • WG/2 SATCOM
      • AHWG/1 BLOS Comms
      • AHWG/2 V/UHF Radio
      • AHWG/3 Secure Multimedia Conferencing
    • SC/7 - IDENT SC (Identification Subcommittee)
      • AHWG/4 NATO Mode and Mode S Identification
      • AHWG/5 Air To Surface Identification
    • SC/8 - NAV SC (Navigation Subcommittee)
      • AHWG NAVWAR
      • AHWG Precision Positioning Systems Certification

External links

• NC3O Chapter in the NATO Handbook Archived 2001-11-10 at the Wayback Machine