Artificial Intelligence in Defence: NATO and EU Strategies and Innovations
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About this report
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the strategic integration of artificial intelligence in defence, as articulated in official NATO and EU frameworks between 2023 and 2025. It maps the convergence of AI with operational domains such as C4ISR, autonomous targeting, cyber defence, logistics, edge computing, and decision support systems.
Drawing exclusively on institutional sources—including EDF, DIANA, NIF, EIC, and EDA Innovation Prizes—it identifies how AI has moved from experimental concepts to embedded capabilities within NATO-EU joint planning and procurement logic.
Key questions this report answers
- How do official NATO and EU frameworks from 2023-2025 map the strategic integration of AI across C4ISR, autonomous targeting, cyber defence, logistics, edge computing and decision support?
- How has AI moved from experimental concepts to embedded capabilities within NATO-EU joint planning and procurement logic?
- What roles do institutional actors and instruments such as EDF, DIANA, NIF, EIC and EDA Innovation Prizes play, and where are the investment opportunities aligned with strategic roadmaps?
- How do responsible-AI and governance principles ensure trust in military AI, including large language models and generative AI in defence?
Inside this report
- Introduction
- AI for C4ISR: Enhancing Intelligence and Situational Awareness
- AI and Autonomous Systems: From Drones to Robotic Wingmen
- AI in Cybersecurity and Information Warfare
- AI for Predictive Maintenance and Logistics
- Large Language Models and Generative AI in Defence
- Responsible AI and Governance: Ensuring Trust in Military AI
- Innovators and Investment Opportunities Aligned with Strategic Roadmaps
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 (16 July 2025). You receive a 20-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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