[2] In a similar fashion as with Strategic Airlift Capability the program is run by 15 NATO member states: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the United States.

[2] In September 2009, the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency (NAGSMA) was established after the participating countries agreed on the Programme Memorandum of Understanding (PMOU).

[2] First Global Hawk Block 40 UAVs destined for the NATO AGS program rolled off Northrop Grumman production line in Palmdale, California on 4 June 2015.

[3][5][6] One arrived at Edwards Air Force Base on December 19, 2015 completing its first flight[7] and the rest stayed in plant 42 located in Palmdale.

In July 2017, the USAF assigned the Mission Designation Series (MDS) of RQ-4D to the NATO AGS air vehicle.

[11] In 2015, NISRF participated in exercise Trident Juncture 2015 from NATO AGS Capability Testbed (NACT)[2] in The Hague, Netherlands.

[12] Since 2022, NISRF drones have conducted numerous missions on eastern flank of the Alliance, mainly in the Black Sea region, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.