The Netherlands began flying their F-35s under NATO Air Policing over the BENELUX States on January 25, 2024 in a further step to integrate fifth-generation assets into standing defensive missions.
Finland is deepening its bilateral partnership with the United States in the field of cyber defence. The parties approved and signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) on advanced cyber partnership.
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has announced the deployment of MQ-9 drones to bolster NATO's surveillance capabilities along its eastern flank.
The Baltic Air Policing mission is one example of NATO’s regional security arrangements. For 20 years, Allies have collectively worked together to preserve the integrity of the airspace above Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Exercise Steadfast Defender 24, NATO’s largest exercise in decades, began on Wednesday, January 24.
During the spring, Sweden participates in NATO's major exercise, Steadfast Defender 24. It is the largest NATO exercise since the Cold War.
"Through our collaborative efforts, we bolster NATO’s deterrence and defence capabilities while paving the way for innovative approaches to replenish stocks of ammunition," says Stacy Cummings, NSPA General Manager.
Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian defence ministers signed the agreement on Baltic Defence Line further reinforce the external border of the Baltic States and NATO’s eastern border.
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Exercise Strong Balkan 23 recently took place in Albania, and featured Special Operations Forces from seven NATO Allies.
From 17 to 18 January 2024, the NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session took place at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
During Timber Express 2023, ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH supported the Bundeswehr in testing all forms of tactical data links between the participating entities and was thus able to contribute to the success of the exercise.
Ensuring that the Alliance is ''quantum-ready'' is the aim of NATO’s first-ever quantum strategy that was approved by NATO Foreign Ministers on 28 November.
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