Problem To Solve:
AIRCOM’s existing, Microsoft Access based, Joint Intelligenc, Surveillance and Reconnaissance data-broker tool has limitations and requires a modern, user friendly replacement.
- Improve NATO Intelligence Requirement
- Manangement and Collection
- Management Processes
Details
Client: NATO AIRCOM
Status: Completed
User Group: NATO ACT
Product Highlights:
TEXAS will allow Collection Managers to streamline the NATO Intelligence Requirement Management and Collection Management processes, leading to optimal operational response times to intelligence requests.
TEXAS is a proof of concept for the Agile process, which is designed to innovate, develop, and deliver software solutions quickly. The Agile process slashes production timelines for new software and upgrades. This requires a different way of thinking about and collaborating on projects, including working off-site with the private sector, non-profits, and academic experts outside NATO. What once took 10 years or more, Allied Command Transformation’s Innovation Hub delivered TEXAS in just eight months – two months ahead of schedule.
“We bring academia, best practices from industry, students, experts in different areas that can come together in one location and really come up with the best solutions possible that we can provide the alliance,” said Lieutenant Junior Grade Tami Hrivnak, who works in the Innovation Branch. “It’s not just about how we build software, but it’s changing the culture, changing the processes, making people look at things differently in order to support the alliance in a much faster, agile way.”
Allied Command Transformation set up the Innovation Hub at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, which opened itself to anyone willing to work on practical solutions for NATO’s challenges.