Tim Martin
European Bureau Chief at Breaking Defense
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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.
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3 days ago |
breakingdefense.com | Tim Martin
BELFAST — The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has placed an order for two additional Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft, expanding the alliance’s air refueling and cargo transport capabilities. Alongside the new buy, Denmark and Sweden joined the Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) pooling program, “strengthening European strategic autonomy and collaborative defence capabilities,” in the process, said Airbus in a statement.
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3 days ago |
breakingdefense.com | Tim Martin
BELFAST — Europe should continue to make investments in the US weapons industry instead of breaking away from its transatlantic partner, according to senior Lithuanian and Estonian lawmakers. Kestutis Budrys, Lithuania’s foreign affairs minister, said during an event on the sidelines of the NATO Summit today that it would be a “really big mistake for Europe just to draw the line, to build defense” capabilities without the US.
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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.
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1 week ago |
breakingdefense.com | Tim Martin
BELFAST — National industry lead contractors involved in the trilateral Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) have announced the name of a Joint Venture (JV), dubbed Edgewing, to produce the future fighter jet.
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At #PAS25 @SebLecornu @AirbusHeli @navalgroup and French defense procurement agency DGA agree VSR700 naval UAS framework agreement https://t.co/roucaoopKS
A look at @GenAtomics_ASI YFQ-42A full scale CCA mock up at #PAS25 https://t.co/yp8kzyz21Q
RT @AaronMehta: NATO chief Mark Rutte is pushing a split defense spending plan, where countries can claim 5% but really only spend 3.5% on…
