"We do already have the European Defence Fund, which helps develop cutting-edge military technologies. And now we have to make progress on the joint defence procurement," underlines President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
Rheinmetall’s state-of-the-art Lynx infantry fighting vehicle has reached its latest interim objective: promptly at the start on 2023, low-rate initial production (LRIP) began in NATO member nation Hungary, the vehicle’s first customer.
"We all know that we now need to ramp up the production capacity of our defence industry. And we need to coordinate the replenishment of military equipment," said President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen signed the third Joint Declaration on NATO-European Union cooperation.
"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.
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