Mission
HCOE CD&E Section’s mission is to provide targeted solutions to capability shortfalls. CD&E aims to capture the best ideas and enable potential solutions to be thoroughly explored through Concept Development and further on tested and validated through Experimentation. Integrating Experimentation and Concept Development provides opportunities to discover, hypothesize and validate conceptual ideas in support of NATO HUMINT capability development through the DOTMLPFI spectrum.
CD&E is an integral part of the development and represents an essential element of the continuous transformation that maintains HCOE’s relevance and readiness in a dynamic and complex security environment, ensuring its ability to effectively and efficiently achieve its objectives.
HCOE CD&E Main Objectives are to:
- Refine HUMINT planning collection methods and techniques, analysis and dissemination to improve the speed, accuracy and relevance of HUMINT by developing studies, concept papers and concepts.
- Support HUMINT capability by keeping abreast of and harnessing the potential of the latest technology advancements and academic research.
- Test and refine new HUMINT analysis and dissemination methods to improve the speed, accuracy and relevance of Intelligence reporting.
HCOE CD&E key activities are:
- Identify operational requirements of NATO HUMINT as conveyed by intelligence stakeholders
- Conduct market research in order to identify emerging trends that may impact NATO HUMINT.
- Engage with Academia and Industry and absorb expertise to identify and develop projects for HUMINT capability advancements.
- Develop new studies, concept papers and concepts in support of HUMINT transformation.
- Experiment concepts, methodologies, technologies and tools in order to identify their potential to enhance HUMINT.
- Support the development and implementation of NATO concepts by providing HUMINT expertise.
- Answer NATO request for support that fall within the CD&E area.