"Sweden will join the 15-country joint missile defence initiative launched at the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in October – the European Sky Shield Initiative," said Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
According to Dr. Stefan Stenzel, managing director of VINCORION, 2022 was a successful year for the company overall. Nevertheless, he urges the German government to follow up its promise of a “Zeitenwende” with action – including more reliability vis-à-vis the industry.
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg underlined that in a more dangerous world, “it is even more important that Sweden and Finland become NATO members”.
The German government will provide Ukraine with Marder infantry fighting vehicles and Patriot air defence system battery.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed the importance of supporting Ukraine, including with more weapons, in a speech to the Annual Conference of the Norwegian Confederation of Enterprises in Oslo.
Macron aims to make France lead in European initiative so Europe can organise its tools to guarantee its security through a credible European defence, highly interoperable with NATO.
The Remote Carrier Technology Pillar is focused on developing new concepts and technologies in coordination with the new manned combat aircraft of the NGWS/FCAS using a set of unmanned vehicles.
The Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anusauskas signed a contract with French defence industry company Nexter Systems for the purchase of eighteen CASEAR Mark II 155 mm self-propelled howitzers.
NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) was created in 2014 at the core of a strengthened NATO Response Force, following Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and crises in the Middle East.
French defence industry company Nexter Systems has received an order from Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic for an additional ten CAESAR 155 mm self-propelled howitzers
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