Development of defence-oriented AI and autonomous systems in NATO and EU

NATO and the EU have placed AI and autonomy at the top of their defence innovation agendas. At the 2021 Brussels summit, Allies launched DIANA (the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic) to engage startups in AI, autonomy, and other disruptive tech. The 2024 NATO AI Strategy explicitly calls for “expanding NATO’s AI ecosystem” through cl…