DE&S Secretariat (Land Equipment)
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Mr John Cole
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07-03-2013-105627-002
Date:
2 May 2013
Dear Mr Cole,
As you are aware your correspondence dated 6 March 2013 has been considered to be a request for information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You requested the following:
A number of claims of successful implementation of MAJIIC-based capabilities have been made in the Open Media, largely by the NATO Technical Leadership and Project Managers. The NATO MAJIIC Technical Leadership also stated that they 'had 100 million Euros to spend and that the UK was one of 9 Nations providing funding for MAJIIC. In this context, I have the following FOI Act requests: How much has the MOD spent on MAJIIC Phase 1 (MAJIIC 1)? How much has the MOD spent on MAJIIC Phase 2 (MAJIIC 2) so far and how much remains unspent? Which Government agencies or other entities did this MAJIIC 1 money go to and how much to each? Which Government agencies or other entities did this MAJIIC 2 money go to and how much to each? What MOD equipment acquisition programmes have used data standards developed by MAJIIC? To what extent were these MAJIIC-developed data standards expressly approved and ratified by the MOD as NATO STANAGS and when were they approved for NATO Standardisation Agency promulgation? What is the cost to Defence of each of the equipment acquisition programmes or projects which have used MAJIIC-developed data standards? Which of these programmes or projects were accepted into operational use and when? To what extent were MAJIIC-developed data standards expressly approved and ratified by the MOD as NATO STANAGS and when were they approved for NATO Standardisation Agency promulgation? What extent does the MOD believe that the UK element of the MAJIIC programme has delivered significant improvements in Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance support to UK forces operating in Afghanistan? What evidence does the MOD have that the NATO implementation of MAJIIC data standards in its Crisis Urgent Operational Requirements (CUR) programmes - funded via UK-contributive Common Funding - has delivered significant improvements in Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance support to Coalition forces, including UK forces, operating in Afghanistan.
I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, we do hold information falling within the terms of your requests for information. This is summarised below.
How much has the MOD spent on MAJIIC Phase 1 (MAJIIC 1)?
No information is held on expenditure on Technical Support to MAJIIC prior to MAJIIC extension (e-MAJIIC).
The MOD spent £455,146 on Technical Support for MAJIIC extension (e-MAJIIC)
The UK MOD contribution to the NATO C3 Agency (NC3A) for project and technical management of MAJIIC / e-MAJIIC was Euros 826,650.
How much has the MOD spent on MAJIIC Phase 2 (MAJIIC 2) so far and how much remains unspent?
As of 31 March 2013, the MOD has spent £1,121,610 on Technical Support to MAJIIC 2.
The planned remaining spend on Technical Support for MAJIIC 2 is £1,443,900.
As of 31 March 2013, the MOD contribution to NC3A / NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) for project and technical management of MAJIIC 2 has been Euros 1,357,650.
The remaining MOD contribution to NCIA for project and technical management of MAJIIC 2 is Euros 830,270.
Which Government agencies or other entities did this MAJIIC 1 money go to and how much to each?
For e-MAJIIC:
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) £145,202
QinetiQ £309,944
NC3A Euros 826,650
Which Government agencies or other entities did this MAJIIC 2 money go to and how much to each?
Dstl £800,820
QinetiQ £320,790
NC3A / NCIA Euros 1,357,650
What MOD equipment acquisition programmes have used data standards developed by MAJIIC?
Attacker
MAInMAST
To what extent were these MAJIIC-developed data standards expressly approved and ratified by the MOD as NATO STANAGS and when were they approved for NATO Standardisation Agency promulgation?
STANAG 4545 (Secondary Imagery Format)
· Edition 2 is undergoing initial ratification
· Edition 1, Amendment 1, was promulgated 14th April 2000
· UK has not yet ratified either of these Editions
STANAG 4559 (ISR Library Standard)
· Edition 3 was promulgated by NATO on 12th November 2010
· UK has not yet ratified this Edition
· UK has ratified Edition 2 (promulgated 15th June 2007)
STANAG 4607 (GMTI Standard)
· Edition 3 was promulgated by NATO on 14th September 2010
· UK has not yet ratified this Edition
· UK has ratified Edition 2 (promulgated 2nd August 2007)
STANAG 4609 (Motion Imagery)
· Edition 3 was promulgated by NATO on 13th October 2009
· UK has not yet ratified this Edition
· UK has ratified Edition 2 (promulgated 15th June 2007)
STANAG 5516 (Tactical Data Exchange - Link 16)
· Edition 4 was promulgated by NATO on 29th September 2008
· UK has ratified this document
STANAG 4676 (Tracking Standard)
· Edition 1 is undergoing initial ratification
· UK has not yet ratified this Edition
STANAG 3377 (AIR RECONNAISSANCE INTELLIGENCE REPORT FORMS)
· Edition 6 was promulgated by NATO on 12th November 2002
· UK has ratified this document
STANAG 3596 (AIR RECONNAISSANCE REQUESTING AND TARGET REPORTING GUIDE)
· Edition 6 was promulgated by NATO on 26th November 2007
· UK has ratified this document
STANAG 5500 (AdatP3 Message Text Formatting System)
· Edition 7 was promulgated by NATO on 2nd November 2010
· UK has ratified this document
What is the cost to Defence of each of the equipment acquisition programmes or projects which have used MAJIIC-developed data standards?
The cost of ATTACKER was £14.288M
The cost of MAinMAST 1 was £1.034M
Which of these programmes or projects were accepted into operational use and when?
ATTACKER was accepted into operational use in March 2011.
MAINMAST was accepted into operational use in August 2012.
To what extent were MAJIIC-developed data standards expressly approved and ratified by the MOD as NATO STANAGS and when were they approved for NATO Standardisation Agency promulgation?
See response to sixth question.
What extent does the MOD believe that the UK element of the MAJIIC programme has delivered significant improvements in Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance support to UK forces operating in Afghanistan?
Extract from “Op HERRICK 13 – TH UAS BTY Post Operational Report“ Ref 2RA/321 dated 13 Jun 2011:
“The proliferation of extremely capable and networked B ISTAR platforms has revolutionised Bde and CF targetting. Coupled with the ATTACKER image reference library, the real time exploitation of IMINT within the Bde on behalf of TFH, coupled with credible, organic secondary analysis has created a considerable boost to TFH”
What evidence does the MOD have that the NATO implementation of MAJIIC data standards in its Crisis Urgent Operational Requirements (CUR) programmes - funded via UK-contributive Common Funding – has delivered significant improvements in Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance support to Coalition forces, including UK forces, operating in Afghanistan?
No information held.
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Yours sincerely
Jonathan Hawkins
DE&S Secretariat (Land Equipment)