Workshop on NATO’s use of civil standards

Standards serve as means of compliance with global and European Union requirements, support harmonised deployment and facilitate an open market for our stakeholders. EUROCONTROL’s wide range of specifications and guidelines have played a central role over the years to ensure compliance to operational regulations. We have published joint EUROCONTROL/NATO Guidelines and all of our standards are subject to civil/military review and, where applicable, input. Our activities in this respect make us unique. In addition, we work with the wider ATM community to help bring stakeholder-driven specifications and guidelines to the table. Specifications such as All-Purpose Structured EUROCONTROL Surveillance Information Exchange (ASTERIX) and On-Line Data Interchange (OLDI) remain at the core of the current ATM system, following decades of progressive technical and operational developments. Other developments continue to support current operations and deployment of more immediate improvements.