01200nas a2200193   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653002600052653003000078653002400108653002100132653002100153100002100174245009800195300001000293490000600303520069700309       2001                            d  c200110aC4 project management10aChief Information Officer10acommand and control10aInteroperability10aNATO enlargement1 aAtanas Zaprianov00aIT-related Challenges Facing the Bulgarian Armed Forces  and Their Performance Related Impact  a23-290 v63 a<p>Development of information technology provides both challenges and opportunities for defense and security. The implementation of an advanced information technology for modernization of all infrastructures of the Bulgarian Armed Forces is essential. It strongly affects defense policy, doctrines, organizations and command, control, communications and information systems. Furthermore, it is required to support Bulgarian government to speed up defense reform in order to achieve the political goal of NATO membership. Information technology will be critical because modernization over the next year is crucial for Bulgaria to be timely prepared for the second wave of NATO enlargement.</p>