The U.S. Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) program will not be conducted in 2012. The Joint Staff is reviewing future coalition interoperability venues. We do not have a timetable regarding a new venue.

Please continue checking this website for future plans, as they develop.

Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed annual event that engages cutting-edge information technology, focusing on operational shortfalls identified by combatant commanders and government agencies. Technologies are approved for participation because they address a new information sharing capability or potentially improve an existing capability. The demonstrations, which take place in various locations worldwide, focus on technology discovery, risk reduction, and coalition interoperability.

Technologies are assessed using real-world inspired warfighter, Homeland Security/Homeland Defense and emergency responder scenarios. During demonstrations, technologies may receive three types of assessments which include User Utility, Interoperability and Information Assurance. Assessment results are captured in CWID's annual final report which informs the defense, federal and state acquisition communities with decision-quality data. The 2011 Final Report has been published.

U.S. CWID demonstration sites:

• Coalition Task Force and U.S. Marine Corps at USJFCOM, Suffolk, Va.
• U.S. Air Force at Hanscom AFB, Mass.
• Homeland Security and Homeland Defense at USNORTHCOM, Peterson AFB, Colo.
• U.S. Navy at SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, Calif.
• U.S. Army at Central Technical Support Facility (CTSF), Fort Hood, Tex.
• Department of Homeland Security Battle Lab in Herndon, Va.

For 2011 the international participants and observers within the global event enterprise included NATO, Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.