ABSTRACT
Coalition interoperability is critical to ADF operations. Federated Mission Networking (FMN) is the approach being adopted by NATO, its member nations and its partners to address the interoperability challenge. Covering Community of Interest (COI) services right down to transmission services, FMN follows a spiral approach to continuously improve coalition interoperability. This presentation will provide an insight into how the FMN community operates and the immediate roadmap.
BIOGRAPHY
Sam McLaughlin has over 15 years experience delivering ICT solutions to defence forces around the world. During nearly 10 years spent in Europe, Sam worked closely with NATO and its member nations on interoperability issues spanning transmission services right up to Community of Interest level services. He has been a member of both the Communications and Core Services syndicates, which support the Capability Working Group (CPWG) to define interoperability requirements for Federated Mission Networking between coalition partners.
More recently, Sam has been the technical lead on the collaboration between Thales and Microsoft to develop the Nexium Defence Cloud Edge (launched during Land Forces 2021).