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Air and Missile Defence

NSPA provides logistic support for a broad variety of weapon systems and other equipment.

Ground Based Defence (GBD)

NSPA supports various Ground Based Defence (GBD) systems, covering the full spectrum from long-range systems with Tactical Ballistic Missile Defence (TBMD) capabilities such as PATRIOT, through medium-range and short-range systems e.g. HAWK and Network Centric Short to Medium Range Ground Based Air Defence System (NASAMS) and to very short-ranged systems such as STINGER, MISTRAL and anti-aircraft artillery. The support is provided throughout the system life cycle of the weapon, from the concept and acquisition phase, all the way through in-service support until decommissioning.

NSPA provides this support to participating nations through its GBAD Support Partnership

NASAMS

NSPA supports all NASAMS systems deployed in Europe including ground equipment and the AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel radar: Acquisition, Supply, Depot-Level Maintenance, technical services (System Performance Check, Technical assistance, Training).

MISTRAL and anti-aircraft artillery

NSPA supports the Mistral systems (both land-based and afloat) and in addition various anti-aircraft artillery systems (e.g. Rheinmetall 35mm guns, Skyguard fire control radars etc.). Support covers supply, Depot Level Maintenance and technical assistance.

Although NSPA supports the systems and the associated missiles, NSPA does not stock weapon systems or ammunition in any of its sites.

Radar/Sensors

NSPA provides full life cycle management support for NATO Air Defence (Ground) Radars and for a large number of national radars through dedicated Support Partnerships, namely: AN/FPS-117 Radar Support Parternship, RAT 31 Radar Support Parternship and, RADAR Support Parternship.

These are some of the main radars that are supported:

• AN/FPS-117 & AN/TPS-77,
• HR-3000,
• HADR (Hughes Air Defence Radar) & SINDRE I (silo version)
• S-743D & S-723D,
• Medium Power RADAR (MPR),
• RAT-31DL, & RAT-31SL & RAT-31SL/N (SINDRE II, silo version)
• GM-400,
• TRS 22XX,
• NAMFI WATCHMAN,
• LANZA 3-D family.

C2 (Command & Control)

In this domain, NSPA provides comprehensive hardware support and life cycle management for Air Command and Control System (ACCS) static and deployable NATO site configurations. This includes crew support packages, as well as associated Communications and Tactical Data Link assets such as Multifunctional Information Distribution System Low Volume Terminals (MIDS LVTs) together with Link 16 Equipment Suites and ACCS Software Based Element (ASBE) Voice Communication Equipment (VCE).

Defined hardware supply chain support services to ACCS entities, within the NATO Command Structure and NATO Force Structure, through Support Partnerships which includes equipment Engineering and Technical support, Supply support, Maintenance of Materiel, Transportation, Procurement and Quality Assurance.