NATO Allies Urged to Adopt New Defence Technology Amid Rising Security Threats

NATO governments have set a new benchmark for defence spending, with the imperative to translate rising budgets into capability at speed and at lower cost. While technology is advancing at a rapid pace, the industry must innovate to adapt to this change. Tiberius Aerospace, a next-generation defence technology company, has unveiled GRAIL, an AI platform that brings software-era transparency and competition to weapons procurement and manufacturing. GRAIL gives governments a way to channel spending into measurable performance, resilient supply chains, and lower unit costs.

Key Takeaways:

• GRAIL is an AI platform that unifies data, models, and manufacturing into a single, secure workflow for defence acquisition.
• The Lethality module provides objective, auditable scoring to guide investment and contracting, enabling allied nations to compare the performance of different capabilities.
• The Agility module powers a vetted supplier marketplace that continuously improves performance and reduces cost, expanding the sovereign industrial base across allied nations.
• Tiberius Aerospace, the company behind GRAIL, has secured a UK Ministry of Defence contract to accelerate trials and development of Sceptre, a next-generation 155mm ramjet extended-range, precision-guided ballistic munition.
• The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is facilitating independent verification and validation of Tiberius's Sceptre programme.
• GRAIL has the potential to unlock enormous cost savings, innovation, speed, and a continuously evolving cycle of best-in-class capability for governments, primes, SMEs, and labs.
• The platform provides a transparent Target Addressable Market (TAM), tightly controlled IP protection, and a single point of access to opportunities across multiple allied nations.

Statistics:

• $4.5 million: The amount of funding raised by Tiberius Aerospace in its oversubscribed Founders Round, backed by strategic investors such as Never Lift Ventures.
• Mach 3.5: The speed reached by Tiberius's Sceptre programme, a next-generation 155mm ramjet extended-range, precision-guided ballistic munition.
• 65,000 feet: The altitude reached by Tiberius's Sceptre programme, beyond typical jamming envelopes.

Sources:

• "Tiberius Aerospace Raises $4.5 Million in Founders Round" (PRNewswire, September 9, 2025)
• "Tiberius Unveils GRAIL, AI-Platform for Defence Acquisition" (PRNewswire, September 9, 2025)
• "NATO Secretary-General Warns of Urgent Need for Defence Industry Innovation" (Reuters, June 2025)
• "Tiberius Aerospace Secures UK Ministry of Defence Contract for Sceptre Programme" (PRNewswire, August 2025)
• "U.S. Defense Innovation Unit to Facilitate Verification and Validation of Tiberius's Sceptre Programme" (DIU, August 2025)