Winter Winter / 2018 2017 The Journal of the JAPCC – Transforming Joint Air Power Air Joint Transforming – Journal of the JAPCC The Edition 25, Winter 2017/2018 PAGE 6 PAGE 27 PAGE 66 Sustaining the Most UAS Role in Unintentional Air Powerful Alliance NATO’s ASW Mission Strikes during A Senior Airman’s View Potential Future Dynamic Operations Edition 25 Edition on Challenges to NATO Applications and Concepts NATO Views and Possible Fixes NATO’S PARTNER FOR COLLECTIVE DEFENCE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • As NATO’s trusted partner ThalesRaytheonSystems provides Europe’s first-ever Integrated Air and Ballistic Missile Defence Command and Control System. ThalesRaytheonSystems’ unique international experience working in concert with an industrial network from NATO 15 Nations, make it the most reliable partner to lead NATO’s evolving Air C2 efforts and to expand BMD programme to include all European territory. PubThalesRaytheonSystem_DefenseMattersA4_EXE.indd 1 22/05/2017 15:32 Editorial NATO’S PARTNER FOR 2017 was another fruitful year for the JAPCC. While This Journal then moves into other relevant topics COLLECTIVE DEFENCE we continued our core business as NATO's cata­ currently being dealt with, such as user require­ lyst for the improvement and transformation of ments for a Future Battlefield Rotorcraft Capability, Joint Air and Space Power; some significant pro­ the interesting potential of Unmanned Aerial Sys­ jects were completed and many new interesting tems (UAS) for use in Anti­Submarine Warfare, the work strands were initiated. Our ongoing efforts importance of maritime rotary wing assets for na­ to improve cooperation amongst NATO, EU and val and joint operations, the interoperability of air • national air and space organizations continue to transport fleets in NATO, future options for Surface bear fruit, evidenced by expanding participation Based Air and Missile Defence, and opportunities • in our annual Think Tank Forum and Joint Air and and risks of UAS miniaturization to include devel­ Space Power Network Meeting. Our annual JAPCC opments in Counter­UAS technology. Further­ Conference saw the highest turnout ever, hosting more, EUROCONTROL offers an essay outlining the distinguished guests from the full range of politi­ current challenges and solutions in civil­military • • cal, military and industrial leadership. Finally, in an Air Traffic Management to cope with the demand­ • • exciting turn of events, Greece revived its par­ ing requirements for military flight integration into ticipation in the JAPCC this past summer, which a ‘Single European Sky’. Finally, one article deals • again underlines our value to Allied nations. with the critical subject of unintentional air strikes, • • • touching upon several areas where military and • • The JAPCC Journal is one of the principal tools we civilian organizations could improve to prevent • • • use to fulfill our mission and it is my great pleasure such incidents in the future. • th • to present the 25 edition. In the opening article • JAPCC Director, General Tod Wolters shares his Thank you for taking the time to read this edition • thoughts about the sustainment of the Alliance’s of our Journal. I congratulate the authors on their • • • • • military power through an integrated joint war­ contributions and I strongly encourage our read­ • fighting capability in which a robust and credible ers to consider sharing your thoughts as you go • air and space force will remain an important pillar. forth and advocate for Air Power. The JAPCC team • The General also suggests this will require multi­ greatly appreciates your feedback and thoughts. • • • • lateral solutions as well as exploring new capa­ Please visit our website at www.japcc.org, like us • • bilities to allow the Joint Commander to meet on LinkedIn or Facebook, or follow us on Twitter • the challenges of the future multi­domain battle­ to tell us what you think. field. In this regard, viable command and control in this multi­domain environment is relevant to explore. The two following articles therefore spe­ • cifically expand on this this subject, describing how the E­3A AWACS Final Life Time Extension Pro gram may initially enable ‘Multi­Domain C2 Madelein Spit (MDC2)’, and report on the results and implica­ Air Commodore, NLD AF As NATO’s trusted partner ThalesRaytheonSystems provides tions of recent interoperability testing between Assistant Director, JAPCC Europe’s first-ever Integrated Air and Ballistic Missile Defence AWACS and Allied Ground Surveillance (AGS) Command and Control System. during Unified Vision 2016. ThalesRaytheonSystems’ unique international experience working in concert with an industrial network from NATO 15 Nations, make it the most reliable partner to lead NATO’s The Journal of the JAPCC welcomes unsolicited manuscripts. Please e-mail submissions to: [email protected] evolving Air C2 efforts and to expand BMD programme to include all European territory. We encourage comments on the articles in order to promote discussion concerning Air and Space Power. Current and past JAPCC Journal issues can be downloaded from www.japcc.org/journals The Journal of the JAPCC Römerstraße 140 | D - 47546 Kalkar | Germany PubThalesRaytheonSystem_DefenseMattersA4_EXE.indd 1 22/05/2017 15:32 20 40 49 Table of Contents Transformation and Capabilities Viewpoints Sustaining the Most Powerful Maritime Rotary Wing 6 Military Alliance 49 The Importance of Helicopters for both A Senior Airman’s View on Naval and Joint Operations Challenges to NATO Increasing Interoperability in NATO’s Gateway to Multi­Domain 54 Air­Delivery Cargo Fleet 12 Command and Control The E-3A Final Lifetime Extension Program Future Options for Surface­Based 59 Air and Missile Defence? NATO E­3A and AGS Interoperability 20 Calibrating the Alliance for Multi-Domain Command & Control Out of the Box Unintentional Air Strikes Unmanned Air Systems in 66 during Dynamic Operations 27 NATO Anti­Submarine Warfare (ASW) NATO Views and Possible Fixes Potential Future Applications and Concepts Unmanned Aerial 75 Systems Miniaturization Ensuring Military Cross­Border Chances and Risks of an 34 Air Operations in Europe Irreversible Trend Civil-Military Air Traffic Management in a ‘Single European Sky’ Detecting and Neutralizing 81 Mini­Drones Future Battlefield Rotorcraft Capability Sensors and Effectors against 40 Part 2: Analysing Future User Requirements an Asymmetric Threat 4 JAPCC | Journal Edition 25 | 2018 | Table of Contents Imprint: Transforming Joint Air Power: The Journal of the JAPCC Director Joint Air Power Competence Centre Gen Tod D. Wolters 59 Executive Director Joint Air Power Competence Centre Lt Gen Joachim Wundrak Editor Air Cdre Madelein M.C. 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To obtain permission for the reproduction of such material, please contact the copyright owner of such material rather than the JAPCC. JAPCC | Journal Edition 25 | 2018 | Table of Contents Denotes images digitally manipulated Sustaining the Most Powerful Military Alliance A Senior Airman’s View on Challenges to NATO By General Tod. D Wolters, US Air Force, Director of the JAPCC Introduction never been higher through the dedication to NATO’s three core tasks of Collective Defence, Crisis Manage­ Over the past year and a half, it has been a privilege to ment, and Cooperative Security, and precision focus command NATO’s