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50°52′34.16″N 4°25′19.24″E / 50.8761556°N 4.4220111°E
 NATO Standardization Office logo | |
| Abbreviation | NSO |
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| Predecessor |
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| Formation | 1951 (MSA) |
| Type | Military alliance |
| Purpose | Military standardization |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°52′34.16″N 4°25′19.24″E / 50.8761556°N 4.4220111°E |
Official language | English, French |
Director (DNSO) | Zoltan Gulyas[1] |
Parent organization | NATO |
| Website | nso.nato.int/nso/ |
The NATO Standardization Office (NSO) (former NATO Standardization Agency, NSA; French: Bureau OTAN de normalisation) is a NATO agency created in 1951 to handle standardization activities for NATO.[2] The NSA was formed through the merger of the Military Agency for Standardization and the Office for NATO Standardization.[3] During the Agency Reforms, the NSA was transformed to the NATO Standardization Office (NSO) on 1 July 2014, headed by the Director of the NATO Standardization Office (DNSO).[4]
The NSO is composed of military and civilian staff that was created to be responsible for standardization for both the Military Committee and the North Atlantic Council[5] It also provides standardization to NATO members military forces, with the goal of interoperability between member nations.[6] It is also the responsibility of the NSO to initiate, administrate over and promulgate a Standardization Agreement (STANAG).[7]
NSO headquarters is located at the main NATO headquarters at Boulevard Léopold III, B-1110 Brussels, which is in Haren, part of the City of Brussels municipality.[8]
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