NATO–EU Strategic Priority: Advanced Technologies & Emerging/Disruptive Technologies (EDTs)
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About this report
Emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) have risen to the forefront of NATO, EU and national security strategies due to rapid shifts in the international security environment.
Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 vividly demonstrated the game-changing impact of new technologies on modern warfare: off-the-shelf drones, encrypted communications, precision-guided loitering munitions and AI-enabled targeting systems have dramatically altered battlefield dynamics and hit probabilities . Meanwhile, China is investing heavily in autonomy, AI and hypersonic weapons and seeks control of critical technological sectors and supply chains .
Key questions this report answers
- Why have emerging and disruptive technologies risen to the forefront of NATO, EU and national security strategies amid rapid shifts in the security environment?
- How did Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine demonstrate the game-changing impact of off-the-shelf drones, encrypted communications, loitering munitions and AI-enabled targeting?
- How does China's heavy investment in autonomy, AI and hypersonic weapons and its pursuit of critical-technology and supply-chain control shape the EDT competition?
- What do these dynamics imply for how NATO and the EU prioritise and integrate advanced and emerging/disruptive technologies?
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Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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DFM reports are built from primary and official sources — TED procurement notices, CORDIS and the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, EIB operations, the NATO Innovation Fund portfolio, SIPRI data, official budget documents and company disclosures — read together with the underlying legal texts. Sources are cited in the document; it reflects them as of its publication date (29 November 2025). You receive a 9-page PDF, watermarked to you on every page, delivered on the confirmation page and by e-mail immediately after checkout (personal link valid 72 hours, up to 5 downloads). Guest checkout, single-user licence — Terms of Sale.
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