NATO and its relevant bodies

1. Standardize border and airspace detection technology from Finland to the Black Sea. We must be able to trace a drone flying along the eastern border and visualize it to all border states, creating shared cross-border situational awareness.
ID: IN-026
Lab: SCALE
Lead actor: NATO and its relevant bodies
Supporting actors: MoDs

2. Establish Rapid NATO Alert and Political Decision-Making Procedures
ID: IN-080
Lab: SCALE
Challenge: NATO must complete its political preparations so that SACEUR can immediately convene the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and obtain approval for a NATO alert when an attack is confirmed.
Lead actor: SACEUR / North Atlantic Council (NAC)

3. Conduct Regular and Visible NATO Alert Exercises
ID: IN-081
Lab: SCALE
Challenge: NATO alert procedures must be exercised regularly and visibly at all levels, from the North Atlantic Council down to operational troops.
Lead actor: NATO / North Atlantic Council (NAC)
Supporting actors: National governments, including finance and economy ministries, National ministries of defence
First step: Setup and publish ten year schedule with annual exercises
Timeframe: 100 days
KPI: NAC alert meeting exercise (72 hrs duration) within 12 months.

4. Exercise Large-Scale US Force Projection to Europe and Resolve Logistical Bottlenecks
ID: IN-082
Lab: SCALE
Challenge: Realistic large-scale US troop deployments to Europe must be practiced regularly. Logistical bottlenecks identified during these exercises must be addressed as a priority.
Lead actor: NATO / US Armed Forces
Supporting actors: National ministries of defence, Armed forces and operational commands
First step: Setup and publish ten year schedule with bi-annual exercises
Timeframe: 100 days
KPI: Full troop exercise with Land, Air and Maritime component according to one NATO Defender plan in 2029

5. Develop Graduated NATO Response Options for Different Escalation Levels
ID: IN-083
Lab: SCALE
Challenge: NATO should prepare a range of countermeasures for different escalation scenarios, drawing on the former Flexible Response concept. SACEUR should be able to select appropriate measures, with response options communicated openly to strengthen deterrence.
Lead actor: NATO / SACEUR
Supporting actors: National ministries of defence
First step: Draft first preemptive offensive scenarios, maximum conventional escalation (e.g. neutralization of Kaliningrad A2/AD) and communicate
Timeframe: 100 days
KPI: European media coverage

6. Create an international legion within NATO: hire Ukrainian war veterans who are NATO citizens as instructors for volunteer units across NATO, and as a quick-reaction force within the EU. An unpopular idea, but there's no visible alternative.
ID: IN-031
Lab: RESILIENCE

7. Create a NATO/EU digital conformance layer
ID: IN-047
Lab: RESILIENCE
Challenge: Convert architecture principles, standards, security requirements, data rules, and interoperability requirements into testable technical profiles.
Lead actor: NATO Digital Staff, with NCIA as technical lead
Supporting actors: NATO Standardization Office; European Commission DG DEFIS; EDA; national ministries of defence and procurement agencies; industry associations; suppliers
First step: Publish a minimum, versioned conformance profile and executable test pack for identity, APIs, data, software supply chain, observability and deployability; cross-map it to EU requirements.
Timeframe: Draft within 6 months; operational pilots within 12 months
KPI: One profile and test pack is applied in at least three exercises or procurements; at least 80% of test cases are automated and every exception is documented.

8. Establish a structured programme to integrate Ukrainian military personnel, combat-proven lessons and operational case studies into NATO and US military training, exercises and capability-development programmes.
ID: IN-125
Lab: RESILIENCE
Challenge: European and allied forces risk developing capabilities based on outdated assumptions about modern warfare. Lessons from Ukraine are not yet systematically embedded across training curricula, procurement requirements and operational doctrine.
Lead actor: NATO Allied Command Transformation
Supporting actors: Ukrainian Ministry of Defence; Ukrainian Armed Forces; US Department of Defense; NATO member-state training institutions; relevant European defence ministries
First step: Establish a Ukrainian–NATO working group and identify three pilot training programmes in which Ukrainian instructors and operational case studies can be integrated. Define procedures for protecting classified and operationally sensitive information.
Timeframe: 100 days
KPI: Training programmes developed in each major domain.