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STANAG 4660
STANAG 4660 interoperable command and control data link for unmanned systems (IC2DL)
Makers and integrators of command and control data links for unmanned aircraft, and the programmes that specify them for tactical, MALE, HALE and combat UAVs.
STANAG 4660 (AEP-77) is NATO's agreement on the interoperable command and control data link for unmanned aircraft. NATO has not released it publicly; this page describes it from public NATO publications that cite it.
- Edition
- 1
- Published
- 2016-11-14
NATO has not released this STANAG publicly. It is NATO UNCLASSIFIED, and organisations that need it obtain it through their national standardization authority.
What it is
STANAG 4660 is NATO's agreement on the interoperable command and control data link for unmanned systems (IC2DL). Edition 1, promulgated in November 2016 under CNAD, AC/141 NNAG, JCGUAS, covers the publication AEP-77. NATO has not released STANAG 4660 publicly, so this page describes it from public NATO publications that cite it: AEDP-02, AEP-84 and STANAG 7234.
What NATO publications say it covers
AEDP-02 describes STANAG 4660 as the response to the lack of an off-the-shelf line-of-sight datalink for commanding tactical, MALE, HALE and combat unmanned aircraft. It states that STANAG 4660 "defined the technical requirements for an interoperable command and control line of sight datalink for UAVs", and that "AEP-77 provides additional details to define a standard Line Of Sight (LOS) IC2DL for Unmanned Systems that will facilitate and support NATO interoperability between heterogeneous unmanned systems". AEDP-02 adds: "The waveform is designed to comply with the NATO harmonized requirements (network capability, interface, data-rate, range) but take also into account airworthiness and frequency regulations constraints." It also states that future improvements to STANAG 4660 will include the introduction of communication security capability and enhanced performance, and lists STANAG 4660 among the links that may be upgraded to transport IP packets in the way it describes for STANAG 7085.
AEP-84, the publication covered by STANAG 4586 on standard interfaces of UA control systems, states that "STANAG 4660, which defines the waveform and upper layers (ISO layers) of an interoperable C2 data link, is the NATO standard for an Interoperable C2 Data Link (IC2DL)." It names STANAG 4660 alongside STANAG 7085, Interoperable Data Links for Imaging Systems. AEP-84 Volume II also lists DCP 971, titled STANAG 4660, among the DCPs incorporated into its version.
STANAG 7234, which covers AATMP-51 and is intended to promote standardisation and interoperability in NATO Member and Partner Nation RPAS operations, lists STANAG 4660 and AEP-77 among its related documents, next to STANAG 4586 and STANAG 4671.
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