13 May 2003
New participants join 2003 JWID demonstration
Press Day Monday 23rd June 2003
The Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (JWID) will include
four new participants at this year’s event. Military forces from
Japan, Singapore, Thailand and South Korea will join Australia, Canada,
NATO (Shape), New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States
in the annual exercise.
JWID will be held from the 9th – 27th June 2003, with a dedicated
press day on Monday 23rd June 2003.
The aim of JWID03 is to introduce new and evolving technologies that
may offer potential solutions to capability requirements and interoperability
communications issues. Areas to be demonstrated include:
- Multi-level security and information sharing
- C4I / ISTAR interoperability
- Enhanced battle space management
- Web-enabled interface for integrated information
- Data-link and broadcast information integration
- ISTAR fusion technologies.
For the second year, the event will be held at the purpose built battle
lab facility developed by Dstl, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory,
at its site at Portsdown West (Portsmouth). Its flexible design means
that the laboratory can be adapted to host Command, Control and Information
Infrastructure experimentation in support of MOD projects. This allows
JWID to create a network that can host a wide range of interoperability
trials and demonstrations that are assessed within a coalition exercise
scenario.
Lt Col Tim John, JWID Project Manager, said:
‘JWID has been hugely successful throughout its nine year history
and we are delighted to welcome the new participants to this year’s
exercise. The use of Dstl’s purpose built lab will ensure that
we have all the facilities and dedicated staff we need to be able to
enhance UK forces capability through the use of communications, intelligence
and surveillance.’
The battle laboratory is located in the mercury building at Dstl’s
Portsdown West site near Portsmouth within the Joint Command and Battlespace
Management Applied Research Technology Demonstrator. Full operating
capability was achieved on 31, March 2002, nine months ahead of schedule.
The laboratory now has the additional capability to represent the Land,
Air, Maritime, Special Forces and Logistics Component Commanders. The
Laboratory also has the potential to represent the Crisis Management
Centre and other government departments and to facilitate non-government
departments, industry and academia in their research and development
initiatives.
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Facilities provided by Dstl’s Battle Laboratory
- The basic hardware, software and communications infrastructure necessary
to conduct experiments.
- Real or emulated command, control, communications, computers and intelligence
systems necessary to represent the Joint, Land and Air domains.
- An overarching experimental support centres of excellence that will
provide advice and maintain and develop expertise and tools of benefit
across the whole demonstration and experimentation set of needs.
JWID
- The Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration 2003 (JWID 03) is
an annual US Joint Staff sponsored activity designed to demonstrate
emerging Command and Control, Communications and Computer Information
(C4I) technologies and to improve Command and Control (C2) interoperability
between the coalition nations. For the first time military forces from
Japan, Singapore, Thailand and South Korea will join the participants.
This is the second year that JWID has been held at the purpose built
battle lab facility developed by Dstl. For further information, visit:
www.dtais.mod.uk/jwid
For more information please contact:
Annabel Mead
Public Relations Manager, Dstl
asmead@dstl.gov.uk
01252 455994
07766 134768
Liz Aelberry
Communications Assistant, Dstl
eaaelberry@dstl.gov.uk
01252 455965
INVITATION – PRESS LAUNCH
Monday 23rd June at Dstl Portsdown West, Portsmouth
You are invited to a presentation and demonstration of JWID at the
test and evaluation battle laboratory where there will be an opportunity
to talk to the JWID Joint Commanders and Dstl’s Battlespace Management
team, take photographs and film the demonstration. The entire event
takes place in the Mercury Building, which houses the UK Battle Lab
facility.
Itinerary
10.00am Coffee
10.30am Presentation and Q and A
11.15am Demonstration and Interviews
12.30pm Lunch
RSVP Deadline – 10th June 2003
SECURITY PASSES WILL BE ISSUED FOR ALL VISITORS TO PORTSDOWN WEST –
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE ABLE
TO ATTEND BY 10TH JUNE SO THAT WE CAN GENERATE YOUR PASS READY FOR ARRIVAL
How to find us:
1. By road:
Exit the M27 at Junction 11 taking A27 to Portsmouth
As you approach traffic lights underneath viaduct keep in left hand
lane, signposted PORTCHESTER.
Left at second set of traffic lights (Red sign indicates Portsdown West).
Follow road passing Fort Nelson. Continue until you see Dstl Portsdown
West sign and turn left into the site.
2. By train:
London Waterloo to Havant
8.08am – 9.23am
8.23am – 9.48am
8.38am – 9.52am
Dstl can arrange for transport from Havant train station to Portsdown
West but please let Annabel or Liz know your requirements.
On arrival at Main Gate Security you will be met by our PR Team and
issued with your security passes.
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