Michael Marrow

1 day ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow

THE HAGUE — On Tuesday for the first day at the NATO summit here, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a plea for continued support while delivering a warning: Russian Vladimir Putin has ambitions beyond Ukraine, and could seek to move on a member of the multinational alliance within five years. Shortly after, Zelenskyy faced the press alongside NATO chief Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa.

2 days ago | breakingdefense.com | Tim Martin |Michael Marrow

BELFAST and THE HAGUE — President Donald Trump today reaffirmed the United States’s commitment to support NATO nations in the event of an enemy attack, a day after suggesting that the alliance’s mutual defense pact leaves room for ambiguity. “We’re with them all the way,” Trump told reporters this morning in a briefing with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, praising a plan by the alliance to ramp up defense spending to 5 percent of GDP by 2035 amid pressure from the White House.

3 days ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow

THE HAGUE — The US ambassador to NATO today sought to reassure European allies that America is still committed to their security, despite earlier suggestions from him that Washington will begin discussions to draw down its military presence in the continent. “I think this is a real moment,” Matthew Whitaker said today at the NATO summit here, pointing to a “transition” where Europe “take[s] over primary responsibility” for its security amid other challenges facing the US.

4 days ago | breakingdefense.com | Tim Martin |Michael Marrow

BELFAST and THE HAGUE — NATO allies, with the exception of Spain, will formally agree on a new 5 percent GDP defense spending target at the alliance’s two day annual summit, kicking off in the Netherlands tomorrow. “The defense investment plan that allies will agree in the Hague, introduces a new baseline, 5% of GDP to be invested in defense,” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said during a press conference today.

1 week ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow

PARIS AIR SHOW — Spurred by the war in Ukraine, Lockheed Martin is surging production of key ground-based missile launchers and munitions, and is casting about Europe for opportunities to expand manufacturing that will meet sky-high demand, according to two company executives.