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This document outlines the concepts for the development of a reconnaissance and surveillance architecture for NATO. The NIIA is focused on promoting interoperability of NATO and national ISR assets among NATO nations and is one of the top 10 priorities of the NAFAG, for which AGIV has the primary responsibility.

The reconnaissance cycle, as shown in Figure 1, includes a number of functions. It is recognised that although the reconnaissance cycle has numerous interfaces, many of these are outside AG IV's area of responsibility. Therefore, the main focus of the NIIA is on the ISR interfaces between airborne and surface-based elements and between the output of the surface-based elements and the rest of the ISR community. Other interfaces such as Collection Coordination & Intelligence Requirements Management (CCIRM), mission tasking, mission planning, sensor control and tasking, operational concepts, mapping, sensor-to-shooter, and unmanned air vehicle (UAV) control are considered only from a perspective of how they may impact the ability of the NIIA system-of-systems to efficiently collect and exploit ISR intelligence.