The defence ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania met with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on Thursday, pledging to meet NATO’s target of spending 5% of their GDP on defence.
U.S. Navy engineers from the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic’s Unmanned Naval Innovation Team (UNIT) showcased cutting-edge unmanned technologies during two recent NATO exercises in Poland.
Denmark has taken a landmark step in strengthening its national defence and Arctic surveillance capabilities through the acquisition of four MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones.
The E‑3 Sentry, a Boeing 707 adaptation with a distinctive rotating radar dome, has served as NATO’s airborne radar and command platform since the Cold War.
Leonardo has successfully demonstrated its advanced integrated defence systems during NATO’s Formidable Shield 2025 exercise, held in the North Sea from 3 to 23 May.
NATO should learn from Ukraine’s rapid battlefield innovation and adapt similar mechanisms within its own forces, according to Air Force General Alexus G. Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
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The outcome of the NATO summit last month was a joint commitment to spend 5 per cent of GDP on defence.
IDV has secured a three-year contract from the NSPA to provide concept development and experimentation services for Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS).
At the LANDEURO 2025 conference, defence experts underscored that readiness is not solely about the number of weapons available, but about the ability to adapt and rapidly produce capabilities as needed.
At a meeting in Washington on 14 July, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised Germany’s enhanced contributions to NATO and European security during talks with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius.
President Donald Trump has announced a significant change in his administration’s stance on Russia, pledging to supply advanced U.S. weapons to Ukraine.
Saildrone has concluded a successful deployment of its Voyager uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) during NATO’s Task Force X Baltic demonstration, held from 16 to 27 June 2025.
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