Denmark’s F-35 fighter aircraft have become the country’s first contribution to NATO’s Arctic Sentry activity, which begins today, Friday 13 February, building on previously agreed initiatives including Arctic Shield, Arctic Summer and Arctic Endurance.
Rheinmetall has secured an initial order worth around €200 million from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency under a 2025 framework agreement for 120mm tank ammunition, marking a significant contract in scope and value.
Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby urged allies to build a “NATO 3.0” based on “partnership rather than dependency” as he represented the United States at a NATO defence ministers’ meeting in Brussels.
Sweden will contribute JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft to the newly established NATO operation Arctic Sentry, aimed at strengthening security in the Arctic and the High North, the Swedish Ministry of Defence said.
Allied Command Operations (ACO), responsible for the planning and execution of all NATO exercises, activities and operations, began Arctic Sentry on 11 February.
NATO forces have launched Exercise Dynamic Front 26 as a practical test of collective defense, emphasizing the coordination of lethal and non-lethal effects across a distributed battlefield.
Senior reserve leaders from across NATO met at the NATO Air Reserve Symposium to examine how reserve forces can address evolving global security challenges and support the alliance’s future transformation.
U.S. Army soldiers and allied forces have begun the initial phase of Dynamic Front 26 at the Land Forces Combat Training Center Getica, bringing together eight NATO nations to rehearse artillery operations on a virtual battlefield.
Exercise Arctic Dolphin 26 is under way off the west coast of Norway, bringing together Norwegian and Allied naval forces for two weeks of intensive Arctic training focused on anti-submarine warfare.
The Spanish Navy has reached a rare operational milestone with all five F-100 Álvaro de Bazán-class frigates deployed at the same time across several national and international security theatres.
Six Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft and more than 110 personnel from Skaraborg Air Wing F7 have arrived at Keflavík Air Base for a NATO air policing deployment.
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Aselsan has been awarded a three-year framework contract by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency to supply Identification of Friend or Foe interrogator systems for man-portable air defence systems.
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