NATO announced a package of arms purchases and defense investments during its
summit, including a plan to spend more than $40bn over the next five years on
counter‑UAV capabilities and to increase trained drone operators fivefold by
end‑2027. Secretary‑General Rutte urged member governments and Western defense
firms to expand investment and boost industrial capacity. Procurement details
include Denmark, Finland, Germany and Norway buying unmanned systems from
Northrop Grumman and 11 members acquiring Saab’s GlobalEye airborne
early‑warning aircraft. Separately, Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall signed an
MoU to jointly produce the Army Tactical Missile System in Germany, the first
production of that short‑range missile outside the United States.
