DGIMS attended the Alliance Warfare Development Conference in Norfolk

Norfolk, 10-11 December 2025 - Director General of the International Military Staff (DGIMS), Lieutenant General Remigijus Baltrėnas visited Allied Command Transformation and took part in the 2025 Alliance Warfare Development Conference.

Senior defence leaders, national capability directors and decision-makers from NATO countries gathered this week to focus discussions on how NATO can prepare its forces at a pace that matches rapid changes in technology and geopolitics. The conference recognized that the strategic environment no longer tolerates slow cycles of analysis and delivery. Modern challenges move too quickly, and the Alliance continues to work hard to match that momentum and remain effective.

"Both, Allied Command Transformation and Allied Command Operations are putting significant converging efforts to better align how to fight tonight and how to fight tomorrow. After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the most extensive and destructive European conflict since World War II, we see that contemporary conflicts are integrated, data-driven and unforgiving to so called slow-adapters. Therefore, NATO International Military Staff will support Allied Command Transformation working strands to adapt and adopt for tomorrows fight" said Lieutenant General Baltrėnas.

The 2025 Alliance Warfare Development Conference reinforced that Allied Command Transformation will continue to guide this effort, ensuring that NATO remains ready to think, decide, and deliver with the momentum needed for a rapidly changing world.