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STUTTGART, Germany \u2014 NATO has officially kicked off two new efforts meant to help the alliance invest in critical next-generation technologies and avoid capability gaps between its member nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For months, officials have set the ground stage to launch a new Defense Innovator Accelerator \u2014 nicknamed DIANA \u2014 and establish an innovation fund to support private companies developing dual-use technologies. Both of those measures were formally agreed upon during NATO\u2019s meeting of defense ministers last month in Brussels, said Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allies signed the agreement to establish the NATO Innovation Fund and launch DIANA on Oct. 22, the final day of the two-day conference, Stoltenberg said in a media briefing that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He expects the fund to invest \u20ac1 billion (U.S. $1.16 billion) into companies and academic partners working on emerging and disruptive technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNew technologies are reshaping our world and our security,\u201d Stoltenberg said. \u201cNATO\u2019s new innovation fund will ensure allies do not miss out on the latest technology and capabilities that will be critical to our security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to ensure that allies are able to operate the different technologies seamlessly, between their forces, and with each other,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seventeen allied countries agreed to help launch the innovation fund. They include: Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATO will develop a minimum level of funding that will be required by every participating nation, and that level is being decided by those initial 17 allies, said David van Weel, assistant secretary-general for emerging security challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soldiers from NATO member France attend the cyber defense exercise DEFNET 2021 on March 18, 2021, in Rennes, western France. Alliance members collectively have pledged to boost their focus on new and disruptive technologies, including the areas of cyber and artificial intelligence. (Photo by Damien Meyer\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He noted that there are \u201ca variety of reasons\u201d as to why the initial supporters stepped up, while the remaining 13 member nations did not. But he expects that more countries will sign up to participate in the fund before the alliance\u2019s 2022 summit, he said during an Oct. 27 media roundtable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe bus hasn\u2019t left the station to join the fund, and we expect more to join up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommendations for NATO to launch such a venture capital fund, and a technology accelerator outfit reminiscent of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), were included in a 2020 report by NATO\u2019s advisory group on emerging and disruptive technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alliance agreed to launch the DIANA accelerator at NATO\u2019s annual summit, held last June in Brussels. Both the accelerator outfit and the innovation fund will have headquarters based in both North America and Europe, and several nations have already offered to host the facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan is for a separate company to run the \u201cday-to-day\u201d operations of the innovation fund, but that partner has yet to be selected, van Weel said. \u201cIt is going to be professional venture capitalists that are going to run this fund \u2014 that could either be an existing company, or we would recruit an experienced general partner to run this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The offices are expected to be in place next year, and both DIANA and the fund are scheduled to be \u201cfully in effect\u201d by NATO\u2019s next summit, June 29-30 in Madrid, per the alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artificial intelligence<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the allies also agreed on NATO\u2019s first-ever artificial intelligence strategy<\/a>, which has been in the works since early 2021. \u201cIt will set standards for responsible use of artificial intelligence, in accordance with international law, outline how we will accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence in what we do, set out how we will protect this technology, and address the threats posed by the use of artificial intelligence by adversaries,\u201d Stoltenberg said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATO released a summary of the strategy on Oct. 22, and it includes four sections: Principles of responsible use of artificial intelligence in defense; ensuring the safe and responsible use of allied AI<\/a>; minimizing interference in allied AI; and standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also lays out the six principles of AI use that member-nations should follow. They include: lawfulness; responsibility and accountability; explainability and traceability; reliability; governability; and bias mitigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nascent DIANA outfit will host specialized AI test centers that will help NATO ensure standards are being kept as member-nations develop new platforms and systems and encourage interoperability, van Weel noted. That way, NATO creates \u201ca common ecosystem where all allies have access to the same levels of AI,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATO will also form a data and artificial intelligence review board with representatives from all member-nations, to ensure the \u201coperationalization\u201d of the AI strategy, he added. \u201cThe principles are all great, but they only mean something if we\u2019re able to actually translate that into how the technology is being developed, and then used.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATO eventually plans to develop strategies for tackling each of the seven key emerging and disruptive technology (EDT) categories, van Weel told Defense News earlier this year. Having that strategy in place would allow the partnership to begin implementing AI capabilities into military requirements, and ensure interoperability for NATO-based and allied systems, he said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data exploitation framework<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Member-nations also agreed to a new policy that treats data as a \u201cstrategic asset,\u201d and sets a framework for both NATO headquarter-generated data and national data to be exploited across the alliance in a responsible fashion, van Weel said. The data and AI review board will serve as a quasi \u201cChief Data Officer\u201d that ensures the alliance\u2019s data, wherever it originates from, is stored securely and adheres to the principles agreed to by NATO\u2019s members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is step one \u2026 to create a trust basis for allies to make them actually want them to share data, knowing that it is stored in a secure place, [and] that we have principles of responsible use,\u201d van Weel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It remains to be seen how each country will contribute to the innovation fund or the tech accelerator, but at least one ally already has some ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Estonia has built up experience working with startups, and has invested heavily in cybersecurity technologies since the Baltic nation faced a wave of cyber attacks. That instance led to the creation of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That center could play a key role in the alliance\u2019s EDT efforts, particularly related to technologies like AI that will require a \u201cbasis\u201d in cyber, said Tuuli Vors, counsellor to the Estonian delegation to NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With cyber, \u201cwe build so many different technological areas or sectors,\u201d she said in an interview with Defense News in Brussels. Having the cyber defense center in Tallinn \u201ccan be used for the benefit of this initiative, or for the allies in a general way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have this right mindset, we are flexible,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it\u2019s one of the key competencies, to bring together the private sector with the government \u2026 and the civil sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe all know that these technological developments and the real breaks, these are in the private sector,\u201d she noted. \u201cSo therefore, we need to bring them on board [in a] more effective way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plugging capability gaps<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

At last month\u2019s ministerial allies also agreed on a specific set of capability targets to achieve jointly, Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels. That set includes \u201cthousands\u201d of targets, heavier forces and more high-end capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVery few of us can have the whole spectrum of capabilities and defense systems,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of the really important tasks of NATO … is our ability to coordinate and agree to capability targets, so we can support and help each other as allies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of the allies spend varying amounts of money on their defense budgets, but each also has expertise that can be shared, Vors said. The innovation fund and DIANA can help provide more effective collaboration among these nations, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have expertise in autonomous systems or cyber defense, \u2026 we can share it to somewhere where it\u2019s lacking, and we can have from them CBRN [chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear] defense technology,\u201d she said. \u201cSo it\u2019s making this network.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Gould in Brussels contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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