The NATO EMI Operational Programme & Data Base (NEOP)

The NATO Naval Armaments Group (NNAG) Special Working Group Ten (SWG/10) on Naval Electro-Magnetic Environment Effects (E3) is developing the NATO EMI Operational Programme and Data Base (NEOP) that will automate those tasks associated with the management of the electromagnetic spectrum. The US Navy's Automated Spectrum Planning, Engineering, Coordination, and Tracking System (ASPECTS) was used as a baseline system. The software has been modified to incorporate tasking and format specific to the NATO alliance. The NEOP is composed of standard electromagnetic engineering algorithms that can speedily compute potential electronic system degradation due to electromagnetic environmental effects. The NEOP contains the international tables of allocation with applicable footnotes for each of the three regions, and provides for the addition of national tables of allocation if desired.