NATO AGS
NATO intends to close a significant capability gap by creating its own autonomous resources for airborne ground surveillance. In 2004, the former TIPS (Transatlantic Industrial Proposed Solution) consortium – comprising EADS, Galileo Avionica, General Dynamics of Canada, Indra Sistemas, Northrop Grumman and Thales – was invited to submit the solution from these companies for a “mixed” fleet. It consists of a ‘system of individual systems’ and is composed of Airbus A321 manned mission aircraft and Global Hawk UAVs in conjunction with mobile and fixed ground stations for data evaluation and distribution.
As the successor to TIPS AGS Industries GmbH was founded in 2006. In October 2006, in response to a request for tenders AGS Industries presented its proposal to NATO for the programme Design & Development phase.
