Terma Contributes to Building NATO’s Future Operational Intelligence Architecture

7 July 2026

Ben Bridge, EVP Global Business at Airbus; Frank Morley, President at Northrop Grumman International; Petri Reiman, CEO at Insta; Eirik Lie, CEO at Kongsberg; and Steen Hommel, EVP Government & Partnerships at Terma. (Image credit: Terma)

As Denmark joins the agreement to expand NATO’s Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, Terma is strengthening its role in the development of one of the Alliance’s most important future defense capabilities through advanced AI, operational situational awareness and multi-domain data fusion.

Building on more than a decade of contributions to NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS), Terma supports the development of digital capabilities that help transform sensor data into trusted operational intelligence. Through its work in the AGS cooperation, Terma contributes AI models for Automated Target Recognition (ATR) and Automated Target Identification (ATID), as well as AI training capabilities that enable NATO and Allied users to further develop and adapt AI models to operational needs.

During the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum in Ankara, where Denmark signed the Letter of Intent to expand NATO’s ISR capabilities, Terma joined cooperation partners Northrop Grumman, Airbus Defence and Space, Kongsberg and Insta in supporting the expansion through the NATO AGS Expansion program.

The AGS Expansion program will strengthen NATO’s Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance capabilities by enabling persistent surveillance across the Arctic, the Baltic Sea, and other strategically important regions. Beyond expanding airborne surveillance capacity, the program contributes to the digital foundation for NATO’s future surveillance and control architecture, connecting sensors, platforms and intelligence products across operational domains.

For Terma, this represents a natural evolution of its long-standing role in NATO AGS. Through the AGS cooperation, Terma delivers AI-enabled capabilities that support the automated exploitation of surveillance data, including AI models for ATR and ATID and, in the future, AI training capabilities. Through the AGS Expansion program, Terma seeks to strengthen the Alliance’s ability to exploit large volumes of sensor data more efficiently and support faster, better informed operational decision-making.

“Modern defense is no longer limited by the ability to collect information. The challenge is transforming large volumes of data into operational intelligence quickly enough for military decision makers to act,” said Steen Hommel, EVP, Government and Partnerships at Terma. “At Terma, we develop AI-enabled mission software and data exploitation capabilities that help connect sensors, platforms, and decision makers. By contributing automated intelligence exploitation and sovereign AI training capabilities to the AGS cooperation, we help NATO turn surveillance data into operational value.”

As NATO expands its ISR capabilities, the AGS Expansion program introduces a platform-agnostic architecture designed to integrate data from multiple airborne, maritime, land-based and, in the future, space-based capabilities. This will enable mixed fleet operations, support intelligence sharing across NATO, and create a scalable foundation for the Alliance’s future surveillance capabilities.

Denmark’s participation in the AGS Expansion initiative strengthens the country’s position as a contributor to NATO capability development while creating opportunities for Danish defense technology to play a critical role in the Alliance’s future surveillance architecture.

Building on decades of experience in mission-critical software, command and control systems, sensor integration, and multi-domain situational awareness, Terma continues to support NATO and allied nations with technologies that enable faster decisions in increasingly complex and contested operational environments.