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AirGeospatialMeteorologicalOceanographicGeoMetOcLandJointIntelligenceSurveillanceandReconnaissanceJISRMaritimeLogisticsMedicalJointMultilateralInteroperabilityProgrammeMIPBallisticMissileDefenseBMDMultilevelSecurityCivilianMilitaryCIVMILModellingandSimulationMSCyberDefenseMobileComputingFriendlyForceTrackingFFTServiceOrientedArchitectureSOAFederatedMissionNetworkFMNTacticalDatalinkTDLFocusAreasinCWIXTransformationThroughTrainingIssueNo5May201439thebiggestinteroperabilityexercisewithinNATOwhosefocusarealieswithinCISandalsofromthisyearontheMSsroleisexpectedtogrowinthenextfewyears.ThisisanACTledeventwithsupportprovidedbytheJFTCastheprimarylocationforCWIX.TheJFTCisnotjustprovidingthefacilitybutalsoactivelyparticipatesinthetechnicaltestingandset-upoftheevent.TheTSDsrolewithinthisenterpriseistodesignandbuildthenetworkthatenablesCWIXovertheCombinedFederatedBattleLaboratoriesNetworkCFBLNetconnec-tionswithinJFTCandthroughINFOSECtoensureallCISsecurityrequirementsaremetinadditiontoallnetworkandsystemsthatareaccreditedthroughNATOpriortoCWIXExecution.CWIXhasbeenhostedattheJFTCsince2011andisscheduledtoremainherethroughatleast2017.TheJFTCactivelyfulfillsitsroleasACTssupportforCWIX.AstheSiteLeadtheJFTCsresponsibilityincludescoordinatingallsupportbetweentheJFTCACTandtheNations.In2014theJFTCacceptedco-lead-ershiprolewithintheMSFocusArea.ExpandedresponsibilityisimportantasitmovestheJFTCintoanactiveroleasaparticipantinfutureCWIXevents.TheCWIXprovidesagoodvenuetopracticeinteroperabilityandgivesanavenuetofurtherimplementCFIprincipleswithinCWIXandNATO.Thiseffortisimportanttofuturemultinationaltrainingeventsasitprovidesanopportunitytotestinteroper-abilitywithintheMSandthenwiththeappropriateC2systemsaswell.CWIXisnotatypicalcollectivetrainingstaffexercisewithaclearlydefinedtrainingaudiencewithassociatedtrainingobjectives.CWIXprovidesavenueforinteroperabilitytestingbetweennationalandNATOcommunicationsystems.Theabilitytotestandsharetheresultscanidentifyinteroperabilityshortfallsbeforemulti-nationaloperationsorexercises.TheimplementationprocedureofthenewCISsystemsconsistsofthreephasesTestCertifyUse.CWIXdealswiththefirstphasewithinwhichtestsareruninordertoassesssystemsapplicabilityforNRFFMNISAFandJointLandAirandMaritime.CWIXisopenforbothNATOmem-bersandPartnerNationsfocusingonallcomponentsAirLandandMaritime.WideningCWIXfocusareaispossiblethankstothenumberofparticipatingnations18in2013andFocusAreasseetable1.ThankstothisCWIXgivesauniqueopportunitytoconfrontinteroper-abilityofsystemsfeatures.Table1.FocusAreasinCWIXTheinterestofthenationsinCWIXcanbeillustratedinthefollowingdatabetween700-900participantsatJFTCareexpectedinJune2014around4000TestCases140CISplatformsandfinal-lyaround20distributedtestingsiteswhichenablesadditionaltestingandexpansionoftestingopportunities.ITthebasisoftheTSDworkisaspecificfieldwherenolong-termprogno-sisispossibleduetoitsrapidlydevelopingnature.Howevertherearevisibletenden-ciessuchasCloudComputingcentralizeddatastorageandmanagementwiththeuseofpowerfuldatacenters.TheJFTCwithitsworldclassdatacentreisagoodexampleofimplementationofthissolution.Profitsofcloudingincluderemoteaccesstodatasharingandexchangingitwithotherusersandfinancialefficiencyusersdonotrequirehighlydevelopedworkstationstheyonlyneeddesktopterminals.Anothertrendisthegrowthintech-nologiesconnectedwithremoteservicessuchasVideoTeleconferencesVTCremoteITservicesupportdistributingexercisestoanumberoflocationsevenondifferentcontinents.TakingintoaccountfutureITwithinNATOitisimportanttomentionNATOsFutureMissionNetworkConceptwhichwasapprovedbytheMilitaryCommitteeon16Nov2012basedonbestpracticesthatcamefromtheAfghanMissionNetworkAMNexperience.TheconceptprovidesguidanceforestablishingfederatedMissionNetworkMNcapabilitiesforthefuture.ACTisleadingthedevelopmentoftheNATOFMNImplementationPlanandtheJFTCbeingpartoftransformationfamilyisbeinginvolvedinthisproject.ThemainobjectivesofFMNFederatedMissionNetworkinanutshellaretofacilitateseamlesshuman-to-humancommunicationacrosstheforceformissionplanningandexecutionandtoallowasingleviewofthebattlespaceacrosstheMissionNetworkforNATOandpartners.TakingintoconsiderationalltheabovementionedfactsitcanbeconcludedthattherolesofboththeWGBandCISbrancheswillgrow.Thereforeupcominganniversaries20th30thandonwardwillbemostlikelydescribedasgreatrevolution-arystepsintechnologicaldevelopmentwhichmakesforachallengingandexcitingfuturefortheTrainingSupportDivisionasanimportantcomponentoftheJFTC.