Chapter 1. Introduction

1. Volume 2 of the NISP focuses on agreed interoperability standards and profiles. This is the short-term step describing the state-of-the-art of NATO systems today and the framework for new systems actually under procurement or specification.

2. The NISP references Standards from different standardization bodies. In the case of a ratified STANAG, NATO Standardization procedures apply. The NISP only references these STANAG’s without displaying the country-specific reservations. The country-specific reservations can be found in the NATO Standardization Agency Standards database.

3. The Combined Communications Electronics Board (CCEB) nations will use NISP Volume 2 Chapter 3 and Section 3.3 tables to publish the interoperability standards for the CCEB under the provisions of the NATO-CCEB List of Understandings (LoU)^[1]. For the CCEB Chapter 4 is only applicable to the CCEB Nations when taking part in NATO lead operations.