AC/135 Newsroom

Publication date : Nov 20, 2024
126th MG Meeting
The 126th meeting of the Group of National Directors on Codification - AC/135 - was held at NSPA on 12-14 November 2024 with 69 delegates from 42 nations and NSPA in attendance.
Directors addressed a range of financial, policy, strategy and quality topics paying particular attention amongst others to the USA IIGs decommission project and consideration of the “IIG light” concept, the Tier 2 Sponsorship requests from Qatar and Peru, the approval of the Cancellation on Collaboration timeline with an agreed January 2027 implementation date, the implementation of high level MIS dashboards and the approval of the 2025 AC/135 budget.

Capellen, Luxembourg

12-14 November 2024

Publication date : Nov 20, 2024
86th BSC Meeting
The 86th AC/135 Budget and Strategic Planning Sub-Committee (BSC) meeting was held at NSPA on 11 November 2024 with 25 delegates from NATO, Tier 2 countries and NSPA, along with 3 observer countries.
During the 86th BSC meeting financial, policy and IT projects were reviewed, along with a range of quality, training and interoperability topics. The latter always serves a critical role in response to the CNAD “go faster” mandate, which aims to strengthen international cooperation in peace time and crisis, decrease codification timeframes and ultimately provide alternative sources of supply to Armed Forces.

Capellen, Luxembourg

11 November 2024

Publication date : Oct 9, 2024
144th Panel A Meeting
The 144 AC/135 Panel A meeting was held on 24-26 September 2024 at NSPA, in Luxembourg with 75 participants from NATO, Tier 2 and Tier 1 countries and NSPA in attendance.
As Panel A is the predominant technical body of the AC/135, the range of main topics addressed during the meeting concerned the NCS systemic changes reading cancellation of NSN, data quality checks, additive manufacturing, artificial intelligence potential application to the NCS, codification publications updates, along with dynamic upcoming system changes.

Capellen, Luxembourg

11 November 2024

Publication date : Oct 9, 2024
28th TSWG Meeting
The 28th AC/135 Transformation Steering Working Group (TSWG) meeting was hosted by Romania, in Bucharest, on 17-19 September 2024 with 26 participants from NATO, NSPA and industry representatives in attendance.
As a prelude to all AC/135 Panel A meetings, TSWG examines the development of NCS tools and complex technical topics requiring the advice of industrial partners. As such, a wide range of technical issues were discussed during the said meeting, mostly focusing on data quality (MIS), IT projects, the NMCRL and future systemic changes.

Romania, Bucharest

17-19 September 2024

Publication date : Oct 9, 2024
85th BSC Meeting
The 85th AC/135 Budget and Strategic Planning Sub-Committee (BSC) meeting was hosted by Finland, in Helsinki, on 10-12 September 2024 with 23 delegates from NATO, Tier 2 countries and NSPA in attendance.
BSC recommends the AC/135 Main Group concerning the NCS strategy and budget matters. BSC reviewed the state of budget supporting the NCS projects, and assessed the IT projects forecasted. BSC also reviewed data quality and interoperability topics, along with a range of other potential developments of the NATO Codification System, in response to the CNAD mandate to “go faster”. The aim of the latter in terms of Codification is to fortify interoperability, reduce codification timeframes, and provide alternate supply sources to the war fighter.

Helsinki, Finland

10-12 September 2024