NATO Allies tackle one of modern warfare’s biggest challenges: sharing information at speed.
Soldiers, engineers and defence innovators test technology under battlefield conditions.
Findings will shape future NATO capabilities and strengthen collective defence against emerging threats.
NATO Allies are training to share information faster and operate more effectively together as part of a new British-led exercise in Dorset.
Internationa military personnel joined industry partners at BattlLab in Dorset for the final day of Exercise Accelerator 2.0.
The exercise provided an opportunity for NATO Allies to share and learn from engineers, defence innovators and industry partners.
The exercise provided an opportunity for NATO Allies to share and learn from engineers, defence innovators and industry partners.
Exercise ‘Accelerator 2.0’ brings together over 300 soldiers, engineers, coders and defence technology companies in a ten-day operation tackling one of NATO's biggest challenges: ensuring forces from different nations can connect and fight as a single force.
Led by the British Army with NATO Allied Land Command and US Army Europe and Africa, the exercise will test technologies such as how Allied forces connect sensors, command systems and AI-enabled decision-support tools through shared data architectures and secure networks to share information faster and make better decisions, strengthening NATO's ability to deter and respond to threats and keep this country safe.
Accelerator 2.0 will also demonstrate how the Ajax Armoured Vehicle is critical to the Army's digital fighting system, helping troops detect, understand and share battlefield information rapidly across UK and Allied forces, enabling better-informed decisions and faster action.
The exercise will provide practical evidence of which technologies can be deployed, scaled or developed further, enhancing Army lethality, and boosting NATO’s deterrence to make the UK safer.
Our greatest advantage will be our ability to learn and evolve faster than any adversary.
Chief of General Staff for the British Army, General Sir Roly Walker, said :
"NATO succeeds when we combine the ingenuity of industry, the expertise of our militaries and the resolve of our nations. Exercise Accelerator 2.0 does exactly that, bringing Allies together to accelerate innovation, sharpen our warfighting edge and reinforce NATO's deterrence.
"In an era of constant adaptation, our greatest advantage will be our ability to learn and evolve faster than any adversary."
By bringing together Allies, industry and NATO organisations to solve shared operational challenges, Accelerator 2.0 demonstrates the British Army's commitment to NATO and its role in driving innovation that strengthens collective defence.
Accelerator 2.0 is key to Army modernisation as learnings will ensure the Armed forces are fit for the future, and NATO remains ready to meet the threats of tomorrow.
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