08/09/2026
NATO’s Centres of Excellence keep adapting as the security environment changes.
The 30 NATO-accredited Centres of Excellence bring specialised expertise that can adapt quickly, test new approaches and turn experience into something the Alliance can use.
This week in Stavanger, NATO COE Directors met with NATO commands and organisations to look at how that expertise can be connected even more closely to operational demand.
From Arctic experimentation and counter-drone technologies to cyber defence, resilience and military medicine, the focus is practical: identify the problem, test solutions, learn quickly and turn results into something NATO can use.
A network that evolves with the challenges. And stays focused on readiness.
🔗 Read more: https://www.act.nato.int/article/coe-support-alliance-readiness/
