AI-Assisted Targeting and Command & Control in European Defence
Accelerating the kill chain and decision cycles in high-intensity, multi-domain operations
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Strategic Artificial Intelligence, Big Data & Analytics Autonomous Systems, Robotics & Swarms Cyber Defense, Information Security & Cryptography Advanced Sensors, Radar, Lidar & Optronics Electronic Warfare & Spectrum Dominance
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What this report covers
Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data & Analytics, Autonomous Systems, Robotics & Swarms, Cyber Defense, Information Security & Cryptography, Advanced Sensors, Radar, Lidar & Optronics, Electronic Warfare & Spectrum Dominance. A sourced, structured 11-page analysis for European defence and dual-use decision-makers, from the DFM research desk and built on official and primary sources.
About this report
AI-assisted targeting and command & control address a structural vulnerability in modern warfare: the inability of traditional, human-centric decision processes to keep pace with high-speed, high-density multi-domain conflict. In environments characterised by hypersonic threats, drone swarms, electronic warfare and cyber disruption, delays in data fusion and engagement sequencing translate directly into mission failure.
This analysis examines how AI-enabled data processing, sensor fusion and automated decision support are being integrated into NATO’s digital backbone and EU defence initiatives to compress reaction times, preserve targeting accuracy and maintain operational tempo.
Key questions this report answers
- How are AI-enabled data fusion, sensor fusion and automated decision support integrated into NATO's digital backbone to compress reaction times in multi-domain conflict?
- What performance and adequacy thresholds must AI-assisted targeting and C2 meet to keep pace with hypersonic threats, drone swarms and electronic warfare?
- Where are the system-architecture, integration-dependency and value-chain bottlenecks in fielding AI-assisted targeting and command-and-control systems?
- What do the DFM-TECH mappings imply for industry, research and capital seeking to build AI targeting and C2 capability for European defence?
Inside this report
- Performance Requirements and Adequacy Thresholds
- System Architecture, Components and Integration Dependencies
- Technology Stack and DFM-TECH Mapping
- Industrial Base, Value Chain, and Bottlenecks
- Implications for Industry, Research and Capital
Who it's for
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 (19 February 2026). You receive a 11-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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