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‘Right direction’: NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said the increase showed “we are moving in the right direction.” He had previously argued NATO is undergoing a significant shift in spending as it seeks to deter...
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) received the first lot of Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs), acquired through a NATO project involving 11 Allies and one NATO partner. The PGMs, produced in the United...
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Top national defence procurement officials discussed innovation and new initiatives to support NATO capability efforts at the Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) held at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on 4 May 2017....
In his first meeting with his Italian counterpart in today, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis thanked Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti for her country’s hospitality for U.S. forces and its contributions to various security missions. The...
(copy of a Bryen’s article: see below) – Europe is in a war but it does not seem to know it. Neither does NATO which has not been called upon to fight the war. All of...
From 2014 to 2015 – Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow speach – Better Innovative or Disruptive? – CEO Finmeccanica Mr. Mauro Moretti video – The NIAG Mission & Strategy From 2014 to 2015 “Up to years...
Transatlantic Cooperation on Defence How can the EU and the US collaborate on joint defence and homeland security technology initiatives to maximise economies of scale? Intervention by Martin Hill, Vice Chairman NATO Industry Advisory...
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) in partnership with AFCEA Europe’s TechNet International and under the auspices of the Ministry of Defence, Italy, hold its first Industry Conference from 23-25 October in...
If the Obama administration wants Congress to finance a new missile shield in Eastern Europe, it will have to first get NATO to agree to foot part of the bill. The House Armed Services...
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen provided no details of the arrangements in a 3 February press conference, but confirmed members “have found the way ahead on a practical funding solution” for the alliance...
NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) today selected IBM for a strategic technology project to gain experience with emerging information technologies to improve data center efficiency and increase data sharing by its 28 member nations....
In the early days of the Libya war, U.S. commanders were adamant that they didn’t communicate with the Libyan rebels about what targets to bomb. As it turns out, they don’t need to. They’ve...
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen rarely uses the term “transformation.” He prefers instead to discuss “smart defense,” an initiative Rasmussen launched at the Munich Security Conference last February. “[Smart defense] is not [about]...
110930 Towards NATO vs Chicago Summit – Chicago hosts world leaders next May for NATO and G-8 summits and on Friday Sept, 30, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen laid out four NATO goals...
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov point of view here – The 29 nations of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) restated their commitment to pursuing cooperation on missile defence as well as cooperation in other security areas...
European members of NATO need to pool their defense funds to bolster their declining military power, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says. The Libya air war has exposed serious shortcomings among NATO allies and...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in an interview at the CNN’s “State of the Union” discussed triumphs and trials in Iraq Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I am worried about Iranian influence (in...
Alenia Aeronautica (a Finmeccanica company) has recently renewed the contract with the company IAMCO (International Aerospace Management Company), for the supply of a wide range of maintenance and upgrade services for NATO’s AWACS (Airborne Early...
More than 380 experts gathered in Tallinn, Estonia, to participate in the annual International Conference on Cyber Conflict. Presentations treated the legal aspects of cyber conflict as well as the technical ones, including recent...
Against the background of rapidly developing technology, NATO is advancing its efforts to confront the wide range of cyber threats targeting the Alliance’s networks on a daily basis. NATO’s Strategic Concept and the 2010...