NATO Innovation Podcast

Putting the Pieces Together: JIGSAW

NATO Innovation Podcast

Show Notes

Organizing and tasking air-to-air refueling aircraft are pieces to a puzzle that is critical to mission success. NATO’s Allied Command Transformation developed a user-friendly tool, JIGSAW, to manage these missions across several nations and vast territories. The NATO Innovation Podcast talks to LTC Jon Clow of the Royal Canadian Air Force, about JIGSAW’s development and deployment.

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