The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has established five framework contracts for tactical and deployable counter-unmanned aircraft systems.
NATO deployed F-35 fighters from Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom during a complex multi-domain air defense activity over the Alliance’s eastern flank on July 23.
Dutch and Danish F-35 fighter jets took part in a multinational Weapons Instructor Course at Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands from July 6 to July 10.
Romania’s Defence Ministry said an F-16 Fighting Falcon shot down an unmanned aircraft on 26 July near the country’s Black Sea coast.
The Baltic Sea region is being transformed by three forces at once: Russia’s war against Ukraine, Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO, and growing pressure on the Alliance’s eastern flank.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List has become a central mechanism for delivering critical U.S.-made weapons and defense equipment.
NATO will conduct Neptune Strike 26-3 from 17 to 23 July 2026, bringing together Allied maritime, air, land and multinational forces.
The NGRC programme is aimed at developing a medium-class, multi-role rotorcraft to replace medium multi-role helicopters now in service.
Northrop Grumman said the planned partnerships build on more than a decade of cooperation around NATO’s current RQ-4D Phoenix fleet.
The NATO Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Force supported the temporary deployment of a Belgian MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft to Italian Air Force Base Sigonella between April and July 2026.
Citi said the initiative reflects the need to connect higher defence budgets with industrial capacity.
Anduril Industries has secured its first NATO contract after the NATO Communications and Information Agency selected its Lattice software for the Enhanced Air Command and Control Data Platform initiative.
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