On Wednesday 30 April 2025, NATO published a public version of its first Data Strategy. Agreed by Allies in February 2025, the strategy aims to accelerate how the Alliance uses data to help achieve interoperability and integration across all operational domains.
Leveraging digital technology helps NATO work more effectively, including through the use of data as a strategic asset. The strategy outlines how to better collect, store, and distribute information across the Alliance with common standards. The requirements will create a secure and impactful data-sharing ecosystem, where the Alliance, industry, and academia will be able to securely access and collaborate - including on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models - while ensuring Allies retain control over their data.
In the 2022 Strategic Concept, Allies affirmed the need to enhance NATO's technological edge to further strengthen deterrence and defence, and bolster the Alliance's commitment for collective defence. At the 2023 Vilnius Summit, Allies endorsed the Digital Transformation Implementation Strategy, which aims to enhance multi-domain operations, drive interoperability across all domains, and strengthen situational awareness and political consultation.
