# NATO Allied Command Transformation **Entity class:** Organization or company **Domain:** Targeting ## Definition NATO command responsible for strategic warfare development and transformation. The article uses its Next Generation Targeting project to connect alliance-scale information flows with faster decision support. ## Operational role A reconnaissance observation can change an agent’s working context and the next operation it proposes. The article connects research demonstrations with the broader movement from information to decisions and authorized effects. Professional authority and recorded approval remain part of the workflow as computational latency falls. **Architecture connections:** [[wiki/Cybersecurity|Cybersecurity]] · [[wiki/Sensor-to-Shooter Loop|Sensor-to-Shooter Loop]] · [[wiki/AI Agent|AI Agent]]. ## Relationships - **article-linked implementation or program:** [[wiki/Next Generation Targeting|Next Generation Targeting]]. - **collection route:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **counterterrorism architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **source article:** [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft#XIII. The Pipeline Is the Sovereign|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft — XIII. The Pipeline Is the Sovereign]] — October 2026 revision; immediate source for this entry’s place in the marketplace. - [Sho Nakatani, RapidPen: Fully Automated IP-to-Shell Penetration Testing with LLM-based Agents (arXiv 2502.16730, 2025; rev. 2026).](https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.16730) - [NATO Allied Command Transformation, Next Generation Targeting Helps NATO Move Faster from Information to Decision (May 12, 2026).](https://www.act.nato.int/article/next-gen-targeting/) ## Connected marketplace roles The source article connects this entry with [[wiki/Next Generation Targeting|Next Generation Targeting]]. These routes locate the associated people, implementations, methods, and operational contexts in [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. **Collections:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]].