Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium
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The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) is an international not-for-profit collaborative organization, chartered in the United States, whose goal is to facilitate the adoption of existing and emerging open technical standards. The organization is composed of companies and organizations working in aerospace, defense, information technology, communications and other industries. There are more than 100 active member organizations, with more than 1,500 participants. The membership list is found on the official website, and includes BAE Systems, Boeing, SAAB, Cisco Systems, EADS, IBM, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin,Rockwell Collins and Thales.
The mission of Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium is to enable interoperability across the spectrum of joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational industrial and commercial operations. Members of the global organization aim to apply innovative network-centric technology to the operational challenges faced by their customers.
The NCOIC was formed in September 2004.