The German Bundestag has begun the debate on higher defense spending that would also see a significant uptick in the procurement budget for the current year.
NATO’s June 2025 summit will no doubt go down as a key point in the alliance’s history. Headlines since the start of the meeting in the Hague firmly suggest that member states agreed to a massive increase in defense related spending with NATO shifting guidelines levels of defense spending from 2% of GDP to 5% by 2035. On paper this would increase European NATO member spending from $476.2 billion in 2024 to well over a trillion dollars by the middle of the next decade based on alliance figures.
Germany and Norway have agreed to jointly procure the Kongsberg Joint Strike Missile that both countries plan to employ on their Lockheed Martin F-35As.
NATO’s aerial refueling fleet is set to be boosted with two more Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports after Denmark formally signed up to the initiative.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the country's ability to mass-produce drones is only hindered by a lack of funding as he asked for more support.
NATO is establishing initiatives to deepen ties to the commercial space industry across its 32-member alliance, via an inaugural strategy released June 24.
Joint efforts between four Nordic air forces to be able to seamlessly fight as one are making steady progress, says Sweden’s air chief, Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman.
The June 24-25 NATO summit and Trump’s threatened imposition of 50% tariffs on EU imports on July 9 are casting dark foreshadowings over this year’s air show.
