defense
NATO’s Eastern Flank bet: AI-assisted drone swarms, humans on the trigger
NATO’s EFDI seeks to fuse thousands of drones and sensors with AI into a “kill web,” automating flight workload while keeping humans responsible for strike decisions.
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defense
Pentagon launches AI c-UAS marketplace to accelerate allied buys
The Pentagon has funded Kaizen to build an AI-driven counter-UAS marketplace aimed at compressing FMS timelines and standardising interoperable c-UAS options for approved allies including Poland, Romania and the UK.
defense
NATO accelerates digital transformation toward multi-domain unmanned ecosystems
NATO says Ukraine has forced a shift to rapid experimentation, commercial standards adoption, and multi-domain unmanned “system-of-systems” interoperability.
defense
US Army uses vendor hackathons to force open-system C2 integration
The US Army’s “Right to Integrate” hackathons aim to break vendor lock-in by rapidly connecting dozens of systems via open-architecture C2—an approach likely to influence NATO and European interoperability expectations.
defense
Dutch firm Intelic launches BASE to speed EU military drone procurement
Dutch defense tech firm Intelic launched BASE to help European MoDs procure mission-ready drones faster, pairing procurement tooling with a Nexus interoperability software layer.