Stoltenberg calls Turkey “extremely important,”
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called Turkey “extremely important,” saying the alliance is a platform to address differences and disagreements.
NATO News
Defence Politics
Defence Politics
NATO might add China to the Strategy Concept
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg took part in a fireside chat with Ms Rose Gottemoeller, Payne Lecturer at the CISAC, Stanford University,
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
An Olive Branch to Egypt, Velvet Glove to Greece
Defence Minister Hulusi Akar attended the Blue Homeland 2021 Exercise at the Aegean Sea. Akar spoke about developing relations with Egypt and warned Greece.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
Unmanned Systems
Poseidon 21 Black Sea Naval Exercises Began
The multinational exercise “Poseidon 21” started on Saturday, February 27, in the Black Sea port of Constanta.
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
NATO’s Eye on the Black Sea
UK Ministry of Defence announced from its Twitter account that the UK chaired a QUINT meeting – NATO Allies supporting Ukraine.
Land
Navy / Maritime
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Defender-Europe 2021 to begin in Greece
The US Army’s most significant European exercise in 25 years will start soon in Greece. It was planned for last year but was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 15:00 UK funds Europe's first low-cost drone interceptor competition - Britain awarded £3.16 million to three companies to develop affordable drone interceptors, reflectin...
- 15:00 NATO's counter-drone marketplace creates a new multinational sales channel - NATO plans to establish a marketplace for NATO-tested and compatible counter-UAS systems as allies i...
- 15:00 Deep precision strike drones emerge as a new NATO multinational capability - Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Türkiye and the United Kingdom are establishing a NATO Deep Precisio...
- 15:00 NATO links counter-drone procurement with rapid operator expansion - The Alliance aims to train five times as many drone operators by the end of 2027 while expanding cou...
- 15:00 US Navy examines doubling annual anti-radar missile demand - The US Navy is assessing whether industry can supply up to 600 Advanced Emission Suppression Missile...
- 15:00 US Army prepares thousands of next-generation Stinger replacements - The US Army is planning large-scale procurement of next-generation short-range air-defence missiles...
- 15:00 NATO procurement announcements reinforce shift toward multinational acquisition - More than $50 billion in new procurement announcements at the Ankara Defence Industry Forum covered...
- 15:00 NATO Front Door signals more direct engagement with defence industry - The Alliance's new industry engagement approach and publication of unclassified capability demand si...
- 15:00 Production scale becomes the central lesson of NATO's Ankara defence agenda - The Ankara Summit's procurement announcements and industry initiatives show NATO increasingly treati...
- 12:00 ASELSAN's €1.47 billion air-defence order draws European attention - Defence Industry Europe reported that ASELSAN signed a €1.47 billion contract to expand serial produ...
- 12:00 Reuters: Türkiye joins new global defence financing bank - Reuters reported that Türkiye formally informed Canada of its decision to become a founding member o...
- 12:00 Defence Security Asia highlights SOM-B1T cruise missile deliveries - Defence Security Asia reported that the Turkish Air Force is preparing to accept SOM-B1T standoff cr...
- 12:00 Reuters reports progress on Türkiye's SAMP/T air-defence talks - Reuters reported that technical work is continuing between France, Italy and Türkiye over the SAMP/T...
- 12:00 Defence Mirror follows congressional clearance of KAAN engine package - Defence Mirror reported that the 15-day US congressional review period for the export of General Ele...
- 12:00 FlightGlobal highlights Türkiye's request for 80 F110 engines - FlightGlobal reported that the Trump administration moved to approve an F110 engine package for Türk...
- 12:00 AP says NATO summit put Turkish defence industry on display - The Associated Press reported that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's presentation of Turkish-made rev...
- 12:00 Reuters: US sanctions relief could reshape Turkish defence ties - Reuters reported that Türkiye expects progress on lifting US defence sanctions and its effort to ret...
- 12:00 Foreign coverage focuses on Türkiye's role in NATO's new industry agenda - International reporting on the Ankara NATO Summit highlighted the Alliance's first Defence Industry...
- 12:00 Al Jazeera examines Turkish drones as a model for Nigeria - Al Jazeera's analysis of Nigeria's emerging drone industry referred to Türkiye as an important examp...
- 09:00 Allies seek new air-defence commitments for Ukraine in Paris - Western allies are meeting in Paris to secure additional air-defence support for Ukraine as battlefi...
- 09:00 Strait of Hormuz conflict highlights maritime control and energy security - US and Iranian operations around the Strait of Hormuz are reinforcing the strategic importance of ma...
- 09:00 NATO's $40 billion counter-drone push creates a new procurement market - NATO allies plan to invest more than $40 billion in counter-drone capabilities over five years and e...
- 09:00 UK targets pooled NATO funding for long-range strike initiative - Britain is seeking access to around $50 billion in pooled NATO funding for a new long-range strike i...
- 09:00 US Navy studies doubling production target for anti-radar missiles - The US Navy is assessing industry capacity to supply up to 600 Advanced Emission Suppression Missile...
- 09:00 Japan fast-tracks autonomous interceptor drones - Japan is preparing demonstrations of autonomous interceptor drones with the goal of accelerating acq...
- 09:00 NATO innovation priorities converge on AI, counter-UAS and smart logistics - NATO's 2026 Innovation Continuum is focusing on Arctic ISR, layered counter-UAS, next-generation tar...
- 09:00 EU advances five cross-border defence projects for common funding - The European Commission has proposed five large-scale cross-border defence projects that could acces...
- 09:00 NATO moves drone procurement toward continuous technology refresh - The Alliance's Drone Edge approach combines counter-drone investment, rapid procurement and a fivefo...
- 09:00 THAAD production expansion underlines interceptor inventory pressure - Lockheed Martin's contract worth more than $35 billion to expand THAAD interceptor production reflec...
