F-35 fighters aboard HMS Prince of Wales will take part in NATO-led operations in the Arctic and North Atlantic during the second phase of Operation Firecrest.
France and the Netherlands have held the first meeting of a bilateral Nuclear Steering Group to discuss strengthening European nuclear and conventional deterrence.
U.S. Army and NATO staffs have completed a 10-day exercise testing how they would command large-scale combat operations across Europe.
Airbus Defence and Space connected Germany’s IRIS-T SLM and Sweden’s Patriot air defence systems to a shared command post during NATO exercise SPARTAN ARROW 26 in Crete.
Aircraft from 17 countries are taking part in the training, which uses no live nuclear weapons.
U.S. General Alexus G. Grynkewich, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), said the alliance would counter an attack by stopping the initial assault and, if necessary, destroying the military system sustaining it.
NATO will begin its annual nuclear deterrence exercise, Steadfast Noon, in Italy on October 13, with 17 nations participating.
The exercise tests regional defense plans in a simulated conflict, focusing on the alliance’s northwest region.
Latvia’s National Armed Forces received their first Latvian-adapted Hunter infantry fighting vehicle on 7 October.
Finland and Europe must prepare for several possible futures for Russia rather than base their security planning on a single outcome, a joint Finnish government study concludes.
U.S. Army Chief Technology Officer Alexander Miller has shared photographs of live-fire trials involving an early M1E3 Abrams tank prototype and an XM30 infantry fighting vehicle prototype.
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) processed the first operational supply orders with Avio Aero for the T700 TE61 engines used by Italy’s Army and Navy NH90 helicopters on 3 September.
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