MIP Aim:
The aim of the Multilateral Interoperability Programme (MIP) is to achieve international interoperability of Command and Control Information Systems (C2IS) at all levels from corps to battalion, or lowest appropriate level, in order to support multinational, combined and joint operations and the advancement of digitisation in the international arena including NATO. To this end, this programme will make maximum use of the operational, procedural and technical work previously undertaken within the Battlefield Interoperability Programme for Lower Echelon Command and Control Systems (BIP) and the Quadrilateral Interoperability Programme (QIP), as well as seeking closer co-operation with similar programmes.
Details of the structures, schedule, work plan, etc., for MIP may be found in the MIP Programme Management Plan (MPMP)
Programme Highlights:
1. Objectives - The MIP has two objectives:
- Phase 1, short/medium term: to have improved structured message (ADatP-3) capabilities supporting vertical and horizontal interoperability, fieldable in 2001/2002,
- Phase 2, long term: to have a (push) data capability that supports vertical and horizontal interoperability and is backward compatible to the agreed common message capability, fieldable by 2005.
2. Timelines - The following chart shows the Programme Timelines:
3. ORGANIZATION CHART - The following chart shows the two tier organization of MIP:
4. TORs - Terms of Reference
The Terms of Reference for each of the MIP Working Groups are given in Annexes to the MPMP as follows:
- ANNEX C OPERATIONAL WORKING GROUP ToR
- ANNEX D PROCEDURAL WORKING GROUP ToR
- ANNEX E TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP ToR
- ANNEX F EXERCISE DEMONSTRATION WORKING GROUP ToR
- ANNEX G CONFIGURATION CONTROL WORKING GROUP ToR
- ANNEX H PROGRAMME COORDINATION WORKING GROUP ToR
