Multilateral Interoperability Programme

As a result of collaboration within the programme, MIP produces a set of specifications which, when implemented by the nations, provide the required interoperability capability.

NATO and MIP share a common interest in building, testing, verifying and improving information exchange Models and derived specifications.

To improve Interoperability alliances around the globe, such as NATO, EU and UN, are continuously working on standardizing their command and control information systems.

MIP as we know it today is the result of 3 separate C2 initiatives: - Army Tactical Command and Control Information System (ATTCIS, 1980) - Battlefield Interoperability Programme for Lower Echelon Command and Control Systems (BIP, 1995) - Quadrilateral Interoperability Programme (QIP, 1998) The MIP was formed in 1998 by project managers of Canada, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy and the US, as a merge between BIP and QIP.

The goal is to harmonize current information exchange concepts and create a common ontology tailored to the needs of joint/combined military operations.

MIP has submitted a proposal to cover its information model in the STANAG 5643 to the NATO Digital Policy Committee (DPC) (formerly known as C3 Board).

The Associated members are: Canada, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine[4] as well as Allied Command Transformation.

Associated members can take part in the development process (with at least 1 Person) and fielding of MIP solutions, but have no voting rights at meetings.