NATO, Military Committee Air Standardization Board: the status quo and the future of aeronautical standardization. The Air Force hosts the second annual meeting of the Military Committee Air Standardization Board, NATO
It took place in Rome, from 21 al 23 June 2022, the Military Committee Air Standardization Board (MCASB), a decision-making committee which meets three times a year and concerns Standardization policy within the Alliance for Development military capabilities interoperable and economical, providing feedback on the results achieved by the working groups of employees. (for example Air Operation Working Group/AOWG, Air to Air Refuelling Working Group/AARWG, Aicraft Servicing and Standard Equipment Working Group/ASSEWG).
It meeting, It was hosted by the Armed Forces at the Official Club/”Aviator’s House”, Near the historic Aeronautica Palace.
It Board it was very profitable and he completed it successfully three days of discussion on the issues of Standardization in the aeronautical field.
The meeting was attended by 28 participants, on behalf of 16 Nations, of Air Command Operations (ACO), Air Command Transformation (ACT), Allied Air Command AIRCOM and the Staff of the NATO Standardization Office (NSO).
They were achieved significant progress in many areas of standardization, thanks to the in-depth analysis of the Standardization Agreement portfolio (STANAG) MCASB, to the exhaustive briefings provided by Strategic Commands and that AIRCOM and to a review of the ongoing activities within their working groups.
Lo General Staff of the Air Force (SMA) – 4th Department, who took care of the organizational activities and logistics, as a host nation, has presented the national and Armed Forces organization and activities for NATO standardization, reporting on the significant progress achieved in recent years in terms of an increased number of ratifications and national applications of the STANAG MCASB portfolio.
Colonel Alessandro Losio, as representative of the 4th Department of the SMA, welcomed the participants and opened the meeting by highlighting: “The importance of the “Training, Exercise and Evaluation” chain, which bases its pillars on the Air Forces Standard. In this context, the process of updating the STANAG is a fundamental and indispensable element to ensure the necessary interoperability between different weapon systems, in Joint and combined contexts, especially between different countries: this effort is fundamental to ensure, through a consolidated “Lesson Identified – Lesson Learnt” process, the effective, efficient and sustainable use of Air Power.”.
It Chair of the MCASB, Colonel Antonino FARUOLI, first of all thanked Italy and the Air Force General Staff for having cordially welcomed the Board. He then emphasized that, “At this particular moment, the MCASB, through the development of the doctrine of air operations, techniques, tactics and procedures (so-called TTPs), has the delicate task of standardizing their conduct and, in essence, contributing to strengthening the Alliance’s interoperability. Standardization and Interoperability are, in fact, the two key principles through which it is possible to improve the Alliance’s overall defense capabilities while optimizing the available resources.“.
It General Staff of the Air Force 4th Department “Logistics”, He is responsible for Logistic policies of the A.M., With particular reference to the acquisition/modernization of Weapon Systems, Satellites, Infrastructure and Commissariat and Sanitary Materials. Furthermore, it contributes to the definition of politics on National standardization e NATO and the position on STANAG assigned according to competence, in coordination with the General Staff of the Defense and the General Staffs of the other Armed Forces.
