Danish defence AI makes an impression at NATO

Systematic presented SitaWare Insight to the senior military representatives of NATO member nations in Brussels on 8 June.

One of the most pressing questions in NATO right now is how the Alliance integrates artificial intelligence into its command systems - without member nations relinquishing control over their own data.

Systematic was invited by the German NATO delegation - in cooperation with the Danish delegation - to provide their answer.

The solution, SitaWare Insight, is integrated directly into SitaWare - the command-and-control system NATO selected as the standard for its land operations in 2024, and which is today used by forces in more than 50 nations.

Modern military operations require coordination across land, air, sea, cyber and space - and the ability to share a common operational picture across all domains and nations. This is where AI can make a real difference

During the demonstration, representatives saw how AI can support the Alliance by delivering everything from intelligence analysis and operational planning to automatic recognition of military objects - inside the system Allied forces already operate in daily.

AI is essential to NATO's operational capabilities

Among those invited was Vice Admiral Frank Trojahn, Denmark's Military Representative to NATO:

"In modern military operations, the rapid and effective processing of information is a real operational challenge. The ability to quickly translate data into actionable decision-making can be decisive for the outcome of an operation. What Systematic has developed shows that AI can now help in an unprecedented way - directly in the system our forces already are using. This is an important development for NATO’s operational capabilities," he said.

The demonstration was organised in two sessions: first for staff from the national delegations and the NATO International Staff, then for the senior military officers of the member nations based in Brussels.

SitaWare Insight: AI on NATO's own terms

For Systematic CEO Nikolaj Bramsen, the reactions confirmed the demand for AI-enabled decision support in NATO.

"We were invited to NATO Headquarters because Allied nations are facing a very concrete question right now: how do we integrate AI into our command systems without losing control of our own data and without creating dependencies on external actors? That is precisely the question SitaWare Insight is built to answer."

What makes SitaWare Insight different is that the AI capabilities are not an external system bolted on from outside. They run on the same infrastructure, the same data and the same security standards that the 20 NATO Allies already using SitaWare depend on in operations.

This also means NATO and the nations retain full control over which data is processed, where it is stored, and what is shared. NATO can integrate its own AI models, trained on its own data, without that data ever leaving NATO's infrastructure.