NATO AGS

NATO AGS is a U.S. contribution to the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system, a NATO Direct Commercial Sale acquisition. The program's specific goals include funding the U.S. contribution to the AGS development acquisition and initial fielding, supporting configuration changes at a system level, air vehicle exportability modifications, and providing engineering and logistics support for AGS development, fielding, deferred capabilities, and obsolescence studies. Additionally, it aims to provide testing and evaluation support via the Air Force Test Center. The program includes air and ground segment acquisitions, operations of the NATO AGS Management Agency (NAGSMA), development of operations and support definition, and establishment of an initial support capability.

The program's objectives are to provide continuous, wide area surveillance in all weather conditions for NATO decision makers with near real-time information and situational awareness concerning friendly, neutral, and opposing ground and maritime forces to support mission planning and execution, including force protection and targeting. It also aims to create opportunities for burden sharing with the processing and exploitation of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) data among all NATO nations. The program's acquisition strategy involves a single delivery strategy managed by the NATO AGS Management Agency (NAGSMA), which will close out and liquidate in 2024. The industrial structure consists of Northrop Grumman as the prime contractor, three subcontractors, and 15 participating nation industries that received direct work without indirect offsets.