The Research Task Group on C2 Capability Lifecycle Governance presented their latest papers at the 29th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), held from 24 to 26 November 2024 at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London, United Kingdom. The event was hosted by the UK MOD Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL).
This year’s ICCRTS theme, Overcoming Barriers to Future C2, is designed to stimulate papers, presentations, and discussions that focus on what is required to realize C2 concepts and related technologies that will advance the state of the art and practice of C2 in the near and mid-term future. This theme builds upon discussions from the 28th ICCRTS, which focused on the Drivers of Future C2.
The Research Task Group (RTG) 342, which includes Maj Ralph Dekker from NATO C2COE as part of the writing team, presented three papers: “From Concept to Capability in NATO’s C2 of Multi-Domain Operations: History, Evolution”, and “Challenges, Exploring Guiding Principles for C2 Capability Governance”, and “What is C2 Capability Life Cycle Governance?”
RTG HFM-342 operates within NATO’s Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) Panel Program of Work. Its objective is to provide guidance to NATO and its partners to enhance C2 capabilities from a lifecycle perspective. Endorsed by four nations and one NATO Centre of Excellence (UK – DSTL, SWE – FOI, CAN – DRDC, AUS – DST Group, and NATO C2COE), the RTG-342 has been active since March 2021.
