NATO Research and Technology Organisation
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| Formation | November 21, 1996 |
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| Extinction | June 30, 2012 |
| Type | Science and Technology Cooperation Network |
| Headquarters | Neuilly sur Seine, France |
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| Website | www.rto.nato.int |
Coordinates: 48°53′17″N 2°16′07″E / 48.88806°N 2.26861°E
The NATO Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) (Organisation pour la Recherche et la Technologie OTAN in French) promotes and conducts co-operative scientific research and exchange of technical information amongst 26 NATO nations and 38 NATO partners. The largest such collaborative body in the world, the RTO encompasses over 3000 scientists and engineers addressing the complete scope of defence technologies and operational domains. This effort is supported by an executive agency, the Research and Technology Agency (RTA), that facilitates the collaboration by organising a wide range of studies, workshops, symposia, and other forums in which researchers can meet and exchange knowledge.
Formed in 1998 by the merger of the Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) and the Defence Research Group (DRG), the RTO is the primary NATO organisation for defence science and technology. The RTO reports to both the Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) and the Military Committee (MC); it has both a governing board and technical panels; and it integrates the research and technical missions of its predecessors.
The RTO continues to promote and foster not only a network of scientists and engineers from NATO Nations, but also a collection of experts from Partner Nations. With over 130 activities on-going at any time, the RTO covers a wide swath of military and dual-use technologies. However, all of this relies on the contributions of NATO and the Nations to identify and support the participation of their experts. The RTO was stood down on 30 June 2012. Its legacy has been picked up by the new Science and Technology Organisation.
The RTO was organised according to a hierarchy of three levels, along with the role of the RTA. The following paragraphs explain, in a little more detail, the role and make-up of the technical panels (AVT, HFM, and so on) and the role of the NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) and the Information Management Committee (IMC).
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