Nato strives to seal new role in changing world

In an important decision for NATO, the Conference of National Armaments Directors 16 April 2004 endorsed an earlier decision of the Alliance Ground Surveillance Steering Committee to move forward expeditiously towards the signing of a contract, by Spring 2005, with the Transatlantic Industrial Proposed Solution (TIPS) consortium (made up of EADS, Galileo Avionica, General Dynamics Canada, Indra, Northrop Grumman and Thales) for the Design and Development of a NATO-owned and operated AGS core, based on the solution offered by TIPS for a mix of manned and unmanned air platforms, with their interoperable ground stations.

http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/2004/p04-063e.htm http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/2004/p04-063e.htm

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