Artificial intelligence protagonist in defense strategies, simulation and cooperation techniques between countries. In the era of cyberguerra and digital hackers and attacks with drones to prevent conflicts and strengthen international stability it is essential to open up to innovation and development of new models. These themes are discussed today in Rome in the context of the NATO Ca2x2 Forum 2025, which is held until 25 September at the Hotel and the Ergife Conference Center. The summit, now in its 20th edition, is one of the most anticipated events at an international level in the field of safety, technology and multilateral cooperation.
Organized by the NATO Modeling & Simulation Center of Excellence (M&S Coe), with the patronage of NATO Allied Command Transformation, the event brings together hundreds of experts, institutional representatives and leader of the academic, industrial and military world, from over 30 countries. Theme of the 2025 edition: “from simulation to action: wargaming, exercising and experience for multi-domain advantage”. A title that reflects the challenges of our time: transforming technology into concrete tools for collective safety, into an increasingly interconnected and multidimensional world. The presence in Italy of NATO M&S Center of Excellence, with Italy as Framework Nation, confirms the central role of
Country within the Atlantic alliance, and its ability to bridge between technology, diplomacy and safety.
The event also represents an important opportunity for Italy in terms of international attractiveness, with positive impacts also for the High-Tech industry sector, scientific research and public-private collaborations.
During the first day the main focus was the use of artificial intelligence to develop training models, exercises, wargaming and strengthen the ability of mitigation systems of dangerous events in war scenarios and beyond. Among the projects presented, Leonardo Spa, in collaboration with NATO MSCOE, illustrated Saga (Scenario Automatic Generation With Ai), a project that uses Machine Learning and Deep Learning to generate simulation scenarios useful for modeling, simulation and wargaming, with possible applications in the construction of a common operational framework for real operations.
The NATO Ca2x2 Forum will continue on 24 and 25 September with further panels dedicated to technological innovation, experimentation and the future of simulation, and we will keep you updated on the most significant developments.
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