Targeting remains one of the most critical challenges in modern warfare. Every phase - from detecting a threat to executing an engagement - relies on delivering accurate intelligence to commanders without delay. Linking these workflows across domains & Allied nations is central to @NATO’s Multi-Domain Operations posture. @NATO_ACT is tackling this challenge through the Next Generation Targeting #NGT initiative: act.nato.int/article/ngt-202… #WeAreNATO

How do lessons from today shape the warfare of tomorrow? For #NATO, identifying operational lessons is only the baseline. What matters most is how fast those insights actually reach the training field, reshape doctrine, and sharpen warfighting capabilities. The NATO Lessons Learned Conferenceat @NATOJALLC examined how Allies can integrate operational feedback, leverage emerging tech, and build cross-force interoperability before the next crisis hits: act.nato.int/article/nllc26/ #WeAreNATO

Countering uncrewed threats demands seamless integration. When radar from one ally detects an incoming drone, a neutralizer from another site needs to fire without delay. Securing that seamless sensor-to-shooter link is the mission of @NATO_ACT's Layered Counter-UAS Initiative (LCI-X). In Latvia, LCI-X Crucible 4-26 is testing multi-domain counter-UAS data-sharing & deconfliction at scale: act.nato.int/article/nato-sc… #WeAreNATO

#STEADFASTDUEL26 put #NATO’s Article 5 collective defence plans to the test, challenging Allied command structures to synchronize operations across land, air, maritime, space & cyberspace. Great work by the @NATO_JWC team in making large-scale exercises an opportunity to test not only how @NATO operates today, but also how it needs to adapt for tomorrow: act.nato.int/article/stdu-26… #WeAreNATO #STEADFASTDUEL26

What will deterrence look like by 2050 and who is going to help #NATO prepare for it? The 2026 Deterrence Student Challenge, co-hosted by @NATO_ACT and the William & Mary Global Innovation Challenge (WMGIC), is still open. Submission guidelines & registration details➡️ natoact.awardsplatform.com #WeAreNATO

#NATO tests the next generation of military capabilities in Latvia 🇱🇻 @NATO_ACT brings Allied operators & industry together to test networks, counter-drone defences & AI-enabled targeting under realistic conditions. The direct feedback from operators will help industry improve what works, what needs to change and what is ready for adoption. #WeAreNATO

NATO’s Digital Backbone eXperimentation #DiBaX tests how #NATO forces build secure mesh networks and maintain communications in contested environments. In Latvia, DiBaX'26 will test instant connectivity and network resilience through interference. act.nato.int/article/backbon… #WeAreNATO

Modern air defense requires complete convergence, linking sensors, effectors, and command networks across Allies. Through the Layered Counter-UAS Initiative #LCIX, @NATO_ACT brings operators, Allies & industry together to test, integrate & adapt counter-drone capabilities, turning innovation into operational advantage. Stay tuned for what's next! #WeAreNATO

Maj Gen Jens Arlt takes command of @NATO_JWC from Maj Gen Ruprecht von Butler. Through multi-domain exercises, experimentation & advanced training, @NATO_JWC strengthens Allied readiness and turns new concepts into operational capability. 🔗 Read more about NATO JWC's Change of Command: act.nato.int/?p=14530&previe… #WeAreNATO

How does @NATO turn experience from the field into deployed technology? Through continuous feedback. In this episode of The Transformation Brief, #NATO experts discuss what it takes to close the gap between operational lessons, experimentation, and the delivery of capabilities that give Allied forces an operational advantage. 🎙️ Listen to the conversation: ▶️ YouTube: youtu.be/NSo0yy4-eKI 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6Eu… #WeAreNATO

Cutting-edge technology means nothing if systems cannot talk to each other. That is why, through the Layered Counter-UAS Initiative (LCI-X), @NATO_ACT is testing interoperability by bringing Allied operators, national systems & industry together to integrate sensors, command & control, and counter-drone capabilities into a unified defence. #WeAreNATO

During STEADFAST DUEL'26 at @NATO_JWC, the #NATO command structure is tested against the full complexity of modern conflict across land, air, maritime, cyber & space. “In today’s security environment, adaptation cannot be reactive. At the @NATO_JWC, our exercises push the frontier of operational realism, leveraging digital innovation and collective readiness so Allied commanders are prepared to act decisively.” - Rear Admiral Jeanette Morang, Deputy Commander & Chief of Staff, @NATO_JWC. #WeAreNATO

#NATO’s Innovation Continuum turns promising concepts into operational capability by building evidence from need to adoption: ✅SPARK: Challenge identification ✅IGNITE & GLOW: Solution testing & integration ✅SHINE: Scenario evaluation From experimentation to Allied deployment. Read more here: act.nato.int/article/shine-2… #WeAreNATO #InnovationInACTion

Every strategy rests on a mindset – that of strategic competitors, and our own. At the #NATO Academic Conference in Italy, @NATO_ACT brought together top researchers to analyze how perceptions, history, and institutional blind spots drive strategic behavior, because effective deterrence starts with challenging our own assumptions: act.nato.int/article/academi… #WeAreNATO

From AI and cloud to swarming and the growing role of uncrewed systems, these discussions were at the heart of today’s visit to @NATO_ACT by LtGen Lindfors, Swedish Military Representative to @NATO & the #EU, who met with the Command’s leadership. #Sweden brings valuable experience in defense innovation, advanced technologies and its total defense approach, connecting military capabilities, industry and civil society to strengthen national resilience & readiness. @Forsvarsmakten @SwedenNato #WeAreNATO

Exercises test readiness today; warfare development prepares for tomorrow. At #STEADFASTDUEL'26, @NATO_ACT's Warfare Development Exploitation Team embeds with @NATO_JWC & other NATO bodies to stress-test Multi-Domain Operations, escalation dynamics, and joint medical capabilities into future doctrine. #WeAreNATO

Why do we experiment? Because new technology only matters if it works when operators need it. Through LCI-X, @NATO_ACT connects sensors, command and control, and response systems across Allies - testing how they work together in military environments. 🎬 See LCI-X in action. #WeAreNATO

The modern battlefield is constantly changing, and speed of adoption matters just as much as the technology itself. @NATO_ACT's Layered Counter-UAS Initiative initiative (LCI-X) stress-tests integrated counter-drone tech & C2 systems with Allied operators in realistic conditions. #WeAreNATO

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student from a @NATO or partner nation? @NATO_ACT and William & Mary University need your ideas for the 2026 Deterrence Student Challenge. Which new technologies will define nuclear and strategic deterrence through 2050, and how must the Alliance adapt? 🔗Share your sharpest takes & help shape the conversation! natoact.awardsplatform.com #WeAreNATO #NATO

Ready to defend every inch of Allied territory, across every domain. Designed by SHAPE and directed by the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC), STEADFAST DUEL 2026 is NATO’s largest collective defence, based on Article 5, exercise at the operational and higher tactical levels. Bringing together roughly 8,000 personnel across Europe and North America, this computer-assisted command post exercise stress-tests Alliance readiness for high-intensity, multi-domain conflict. For Allied Command Transformation (ACT), it serves as an operational testbed under the Audacious Training framework, accelerating experimentation in Multi-Domain Operations, escalation dynamics, and operational medicine to shape future warfighting capability. Exceptional execution by the JWC team in directing an exercise of this scale and leveraging AI-enabled simulation to drive operational realism. #NATO #SteadfastDuel26 #MultiDomainOperations #WeAreNATO #NATOTransformation #SHAPE