Callen‑Lenz at JCGUAS: Strengthening allied UAS integration, interoperability and future capability
Callen‑Lenz had a highly productive and insightful week at the Joint Capability Group UAS (JCGUAS) Conference in Amsterdam, supporting discussions that will shape the future of uncrewed aviation across NATO and Partner Nations. As a proud contributor to the programme, Callen‑Lenz engaged across plenaries, breakout discussions and bilateral meetings, reinforcing the company’s role as a trusted sovereign UAS capability partner.
A strong start, collaboration and capability at the forefront
Across the opening days, it was a pleasure to join delegations from across NATO and Partner Nations, where shared operational challenges, emerging threats and future capability needs were front and centre. Engagements spanned military, technical and policy stakeholders, each offering valuable perspectives on accelerating UAS adoption in increasingly complex environments.
Callen‑Lenz were proud to support the programme, including contributing to the Main plenary on ‘UAS integration and interoperability’, a critical topic as Allied Forces continue to scale uncrewed capabilities across contested, congested and data‑rich battlespaces.
During the session, Callen‑Lenz shared perspectives on:
- The evolving role of UAS within NATO operations, and the growing need for flexible, interoperable and trusted platforms.
- How ISR platforms such as Koios and Fregata provide persistent, multi‑sensor intelligence, enabling more informed and timely decision‑making.
- The challenges facing Western commercial enterprises operating within stringent airworthiness, safety, cyber and assurance frameworks — and how these differ from adversarial production approaches.
- The importance of harmonised standards and shared operating concepts to unlock true multinational UAS interoperability.
- Where NATO JCGUAS can drive operational advantage, ensuring Allied UAS ecosystems remain robust, scalable and aligned to mission need.
Mid‑week insight: UAS acceptance and future adoption
Later in the week, Callen‑Lenz attended the plenary on ‘UAS Acceptance’, another essential discussion as uncrewed systems become deeply embedded within Allied force structure. The session underscored the need for policy alignment, trust in autonomous behaviours and robust safety cases to accelerate broader integration across NATO missions.
These discussions reflected a shared recognition that uncrewed systems are no longer niche enablers but operational necessities across intelligence, logistics, force protection and contested‑environment roles.
Driving integration, interoperability and allied readiness
Throughout the week, Callen‑Lenz engaged with delegations from across the Alliance, deepening conversations on:
- The importance of open architectures
- Data‑driven decision‑support
- Multi‑domain interoperability
- The need for resilient, sovereign UAS capability
- The role of industry in accelerating safe and responsible adoption
JCGUAS continues to be a vital forum for strengthening collaboration and aligning priorities across NATO, ensuring UAS policy, capability and operational practice advance at the pace of threat and technological change.
Looking ahead
This year’s JCGUAS conference reinforced the essential partnership between government, military and industry in shaping the future of uncrewed and autonomous aviation.
Callen‑Lenz extends a huge thank you to The Air and Space Power Association (ASPA) for organising an excellent and highly collaborative event, and to all the delegations who took the time to meet with us.
We look forward to building on this momentum in the months ahead as we continue to champion trusted, interoperable and sovereign UAS capability for Allied forces.
To find out more about Callen‑Lenz and our uncrewed systems and ISR platforms, visit www.callenlenz.com.