As European defense spending reaches its highest level in decades, defense forces are accelerating the integration of AI-based capabilities into their operations. A key challenge is ensuring resilient and reliable connectivity in communication-constrained environments, where communications, detection, and mission planning must work seamlessly together for AI-based operations to succeed on the ground.
The collaboration is delivering three integrated operational capabilities:
These capabilities are designed for the conditions modern forces currently face: communication constraints, active electronic attacks, and emerging drone threats that must be detected before targeted sensors acquire a target. The collaboration addresses these three issues with technologies developed in Europe and designed to NATO operational requirements.
AI-based command and control on deployable 5G networks: Combining Nokia's deployable 5G networks with NestOS, NestAI's adaptive operating system for modern battlefield operations, helps European forces maintain command and control, support autonomous systems, and reduce reliance on fixed communications infrastructure.
Mission planning with guaranteed connectivity: Integrating Nokia's radio network planning models into NestOS mission planning tools enables forces to assess, plan, and adapt connectivity as part of the mission, while reducing the risk of coverage gaps during fast-moving, multi-domain operations.
Early threat detection and response: Combining Nokia's Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) early detection capabilities with NestAI's multi-sensor tracking provides operators with early threat awareness across a wide area, facilitating faster, more informed decision-making, even in conflict zones with limited connectivity.
“The defense sector is rapidly accelerating the adoption of AI-based capabilities, from mission planning to unmanned operations. But AI only works on the ground when it has secure and resilient connectivity to back it up. Together with NestAI, Nokia is accelerating the development of the sovereign technologies NATO needs to operate, decide, and act in the next generation of missions,” said Mikko Hautala, Head of Geopolitical and Government Relations and President of Nokia Defense.
“Most AI applied to defense relies on assumptions about connectivity, sensor access, and infrastructure that don’t hold true in conflict zones. What we are developing with Nokia addresses the real-world conditions faced by European forces, from the underlying network to threats at the perimeter, with technology developed and controlled by Europe,” said Peter Sarlin, Founder and CEO of NestAI.
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