The Finnish Air Force will host the multinational Atlantic Trident 25 air exercise and the deployment of NATO RQ-4D Phoenix remotely piloted aircraft during summer 2025.
Baltops 25 involves 16 NATO countries and includes more than 50 ships, over 25 aircraft, and around 9,000 personnel.
Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 aircraft have been scrambled six times in as many days from their temporary base at Malbork, Poland, intercepting 15 Russian military aircraft.
On Thursday 5 June 2025, two Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 aircraft were scrambled from Malbork Air Base in Poland to intercept an unidentified aircraft approaching NATO airspace from Kaliningrad.
NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) announced that Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Poland have joined the NATO Flight Training Europe (NFTE) initiative.
At a meeting in Brussels on Thursday, 5 June 2025, NATO Defence Ministers agreed on a new and ambitious set of capability targets aimed at strengthening the Alliance’s warfighting readiness.
Northrop Grumman has successfully launched two GQM-163A “Coyote” supersonic sea-skimming targets from the Hebrides Launch Facility in Scotland.
NATO Allies have conducted highway operating exercises in Finland and Sweden, highlighting ACE tactics aimed at improving flexibility and resilience in contested environments.
British defence technology company QinetiQ has announced that its Banshee Jet 40+ aerial target has been approved for use at NATO’s Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) in Crete.
NSPA stated that the awarding of Concept Study #1 via multiple Outline Agreements represents “a successful example of the effective governance of all Modular GBAD Support Partnership Nations.”
On May 22, five JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets departed from the Čáslav air base, heading for Iceland to take part in NATO’s air policing mission.
The U.S. 6th Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) have concluded the At-Sea Demonstration / Formidable Shield 2025 (ASD/FS25), Europe’s largest integrated air and missile defence (IAMD) exercise.
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