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NATO’S WARFARE DEVELOPMENT COMMAND
WE SCAN, INVESTIGATE AND INFORM
Allied Command Transformation analyses the trends that shape our security environment, assesses the inherent risks, threats and opportunities and investigates alternatives. By doing that, we improve the awareness, understanding and unity of effort among the members of the Alliance in order to strengthen NATO’s capabilities to address the challenges of today and tomorrow.
WE CONNECT
Allied Command Transformation harnesses the largest defence and security network in the world to tackle the challenges facing the Alliance. We draw ideas and intellect from Allied and Partner nations (military, civilian, industry and academia), Centres of Excellence, Partnership Training and Education Centres, the United Nations, the European Union, the Science and Technology Organization, the Conference of National Armaments Directors and a wide network of subject matter experts. By doing this we ensure the maximum exchange of ideas in order to enhance Alliance military capability.
WE DRIVE STANDARDS
Allied Command Transformation contributes to the definition of standards in many areas such as individual training, the connectivity of our equipment and security protocols. Allied Command Transformation is the driving force facilitating the Federated Mission Networking initiative, the incremental definition of a set of standards to be adopted to ensure interoperability from “Day Zero” for future operations. By doing that we promote the Alliance’s unity of action and interoperability.
WE PLAN
Allied Command Transformation brings efficiency and coherence to the development of NATO forces, as well as, medium and long term planning. Allied Command Transformation leads large parts of the NATO Defence Planning Process and is writing the NATO Warfighting Capstone Concept. By doing this we, respectively; turn political guidance into capability commitments by all NATO Member Nations and frame the path for coherent warfare development for the Alliance.
WE INNOVATE AND CHALLENGE
Allied Command Transformation explores and implements new and/or different ideas, methods or solutions that achieve value for the Alliance. By reaching out for new concepts and solutions, generating ideas, bringing them to life, harnessing new technologies and experimenting, we generate solutions to the challenges faced by the Alliance. Allied Command Transformation leverages its creative, experienced and diverse military and civilian staff, empowering them to explore better, faster and more creative solutions to address the most difficult problems. Allied Command Transformation develops concepts that describe new ways of dealing with the emerging challenges we face, we harness lessons learned, we use modelling and simulation to help understand issues and we identify opportunities and constraints in the adoption of new technologies through experimentation. By doing that we help the Alliance adapt at the speed necessary to meet emergent threats and embrace opportunities while assuring continued readiness and responsiveness.
WE DELIVER CAPABILITIES
Allied Command Transformation defines and manages new programmes to modernise NATO’s capabilities, from Command and Control to logistics and enablers, providing the connective tissue that enables 30 nations to operate as a single force. Allied Command Transformation leads the execution of the Capability Management Function across the Alliance and is the Capability Requirement Authority - ensuring the challenges of the future are met by the right capabilities. By doing that, we improve the capability of the Alliance, enable our forces to fight most effectively and ensure unity of action.
WE EDUCATE AND TRAIN
Allied Command Transformation educates and trains thousands of Army, Navy, Air Force and civilian men and women each year. We deliver Article 5-level joint exercises, small scale exercises and pre- deployment training. By doing this, we homogenise the Alliance’s military culture, develop necessary competences and skills and ensure interoperability in the cognitive dimension of Alliance capability.
WE SUPPORT OPERATIONS
Allied Command Transformation applies its capabilities to solving capability shortfalls. We develop operational thinking, capture lessons learned throughout the entire cycle of the operation, facilitate experimentation, deliver pre-deployment training and provide augmentation and enhanced capability development during crises. At the same time, Allied Command Transformation analyses and harnesses emerging security trends and technologies to help shape the landscape of future NATO operations. By doing this we ensure that the maximum output is generated from the NATO Strategic Commands at all levels of crisis.
Activities
Conferences and Exercises
ACT’s Strategic Foresight Work – Understanding the Future
Community Relations
Improving today
shaping tomorrow
bridging the two
One Vision:
From its inception in 2003, Allied Command Transformation demonstrated the importance placed by NATO Nations on the roles of transformation and development as continuous and essential drivers for change – drivers of change that will ensure the relevance of the Alliance in a rapidly evolving and complex global security environment.
One Mission:
To contribute to preserving the peace, security and territorial integrity of Alliance member states by leading the warfare development of military structures, forces, capabilities and doctrines. The mission must enable NATO to meet its level of ambition and core missions.
Allied Command Transformation's Centres in Europe
