23rd Meeting of the NATO M&S COE Steering Committee
Rome, November 14 – The NATO M&S COE hosted the 23rd Steering Committee meeting from 13-14 November 2024 in the “Adriano De Cicco” barracks in Cecchignola, Rome.
The meeting brought together the national representatives from the NATO M&S COE’s Sponsoring Nations – Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany, and the United States.
The meeting was an opportunity for the NATO M&S COE to review the progress the Centre is making on research and projects in 2024, the activities planned for the coming year, and to discuss the operation of the Centre with the steering committee members.
In 2025, the Centre will continue with many conceptual projects and will work to build upon lessons learned by our subject matter experts over the past year. The Centre will advance our work on Electro-Magnetic Operations layer for M&S (ELMO), the CBRN layer for M&S, and on AI/ML support to Simulations. Additionally, the Centre presented an in-depth update on ongoing development and implementation of new cyber wargaming initiatives, including our strategic cyber wargame (CHESS) and plans to develop a cyber simulator to support decision making.
The Centre remains committed to education & training in M&S with three NATO approved courses and one NATO listed ADL course. The Centre now offers the highly rated CAX Specialist Course twice per year and has added two pilot courses to the portfolio, a JTLS-GO Foundation course and a JTLS-GO Practitioner course. In 2025, the Centre is developing 2 new course, M&S to Support Experimentation and Wargaming and an updated M&S Course.
The NATO M&S Centre of Excellence is focused on providing support to NATO through conceptual research, capability development and M&S education & training. The Steering Committee provides the direction and guidance to ensure the Centre is providing the best support with its available resources.
Written by CWO Michele Pellegrino NATO M&S COE
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