Grynkewich said NATO forces train with Ukrainians and field counter-drone systems like Merops. Drones account for roughly 90% of strikes, Ukraine said.
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NATO's top general said the alliance's forces are prepared to operate on a battlefield like the one in Ukraine, where drones and electronic warfare create a 10 to 20 kilometer kill zone.
"I think the answer is we're ready for that," US Air Force Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, told Business Insider at the Farnborough International Airshow. Grynkewich oversees the alliance's military operations. Forces across Europe are training for that environment, he said.
"We are learning every single day from the Ukrainians," Grynkewich said. "The technology and tactics are evolving really fast. So it's kind of persistent contact that we have to have with those on the front line."
The front line in southern and eastern Ukraine has evolved into a wide kill zone. The zone is saturated with drones capable of targeting soldiers and vehicles. Any movement can trigger a pinpoint strike. Troops dismount and hike for miles to avoid becoming targets. Ukrainian special forces carry pump-action shotguns to destroy Russian fiber-optic drones that resist signal jamming.
Ukraine's defense ministry said drones now account for roughly 90% of all strikes. The conflict has shifted from the grinding artillery battles of 2022.
NATO runs exercises where Ukrainians serve as opposition forces. Grynkewich said day-one performance in those drills lags. By day six or seven, alliance soldiers catch up fast.
In a March drill off Portugal, a Ukrainian-led opposition team used drones to defeat a NATO naval force. French Adm. Pierre Vandier, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, called the exercise a net positive for the alliance.
Vandier oversees alliance modernization. He said Ukraine's participation makes NATO a better fighting force.
NATO forces have incorporated similar lessons from Ukraine into their training and doctrine. The alliance has fielded battlefield-proven weapons such as the Merops counter-drone system, which the US rushed to the Middle East at the start of the Iran war.
NATO officials are also absorbing war lessons through the Joint Analysis Training and Education Centre, JATEC. The program uses real-time data from the conflict in Ukraine to inform allied defense planning. Military officials involved in JATEC told Business Insider the program is mutually beneficial. NATO helps Ukraine address pressing issues, while Kyiv shares battlefield experience with allies.
"I think we achieved something great there, because now that has triggered a sort of awakening," Vandier said.
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