This is a by-invitation-only call for authors of selected papers from the NATO STO IST-210 Research Symposium (RSY) on AI Security and Assurance for Military Systems that was held in McLean, VA in October 2025.
We are pleased to invite authors of selected papers from NATO IST-210 RSY to submit an extended manuscript for consideration in the upcoming NATO S&T Journal Special Issue on AI Security and Assurance for Military Systems.
Papers submitted by authors that were not invited to submit a paper to the journal special issue will be returned without review.
Further information for preparing and submitting the revised manuscripts is given in the sections below:
Manuscripts due: February 16, 2026, 11:59 PM, Anywhere on Earth
Reviews sent to authors: April 30, 2026
Revised manuscripts due: May 31, 2026
Camera ready manuscripts due: June 26, 2026
Journal publication: Fall 2026
For formatting the manuscripts, authors should use the MS Word template that was used to prepare the symposium paper.
Final manuscripts should be around 20 pages, inclusive of all references.
Manuscripts must represent a significant revision of the corresponding symposium paper in order to qualify for review. Submitted manuscripts must include a short paragraph towards the end of the introduction section summarizing the revisions/extensions that were made over the symposium paper. While the exact nature of the revisions is at the authors' discretion, examples of substantial improvements include (but are not limited to):
Adding new experimental results, evaluations, or comparison studies
Incorporating major methodological extensions or theoretical developments
Conducting deeper analysis, ablation studies, or robustness assessments
Expanding the discussion of implications, limitations, or future directions
Integrating additional related work and positioning the contribution more clearly within literature and with relevance to NATO-related objectives and capabilities presented at the NATO IST-210 research symposium
These examples are provided only as guidance and the precise form and scope of the revision should be determined by the authors based on what best strengthens the contribution.
All submissions must be made via Easychair during the review phase via this link: https://easychair.org/my2/conference?conf=aisams26
The NATO S&T Journal is an open-access journal. There will be no publication charges to authors of accepted manuscripts. Papers appearing in the NATO S&T Journal are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC BY-NC) license. Authors will be responsible for clearing the papers for open access (public release) publication with their authorities/ institutions.
Dr. Prithviraj (Raj) Dasgupta (Lead Guest Editor), Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
Dr. Simona Soare, Lancaster University, UK
Dr. Mohamed Abdelazez, Defence Research and Development Canada
Dr. Diane Kotras, BCE Consulting, USA
Dr. Yori Kamphuis, TNO, The Netherlands
Please use Easychair to contact the editorial team with any questions