NATO to unveil big arms deals in Ankara before summit with Trump
Rutte said the alliance will announce new contracts and procurement coalitions as it tries to show Europe is turning spending into real firepower.
- On Tuesday, NATO leaders are set to unveil arms deals worth tens of billions of dollars in Ankara, Turkey, aiming to demonstrate increased defense spending before meeting President Donald Trump for a summit.
- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Monday that European allies made "staggering" spending increases, totaling more than $570 billion in 2025, largely because Trump had been "extremely forceful" in encouraging defense boosts.
- Replacing aging U.S.-built AWACS surveillance aircraft with Sweden's Saab GlobalEye is among planned acquisitions, while Dutch Defence Minister Dilan Yesilgoz announced deals worth more than €3 billion for air and naval partnerships with Belgium and Britain.
- Amid reports that Trump may resume F-35 sales to Turkey, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the U.S. to block the deal, warning it would "upset the power balance in the Middle East."
- The Pentagon is promoting "NATO 3.0," a vision requiring Europe to assume greater responsibility for its own defense as the United States shifts focus toward China and the Indo-Pacific amid mounting security concerns.
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The exact amount, of about €43 billion, is to be announced on Wednesday by the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance. The aim is to show US President Donald Trump, who arrived Tuesday afternoon in the Turkish capital, that Europe and Canada are investing heavily in their defence.
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President Donald Trump arrived in Ankara for the NATO summit as the alliance unveiled a series of billion-dollar arms deals aimed at showing Washington that European allies are strengthening their own defence capabilities.
NATO is launching its meeting with a dance of new arms deals. It is the preliminary program for Trump's performance in Ankara.
NATO has presented several billion euros of arms projects on the margins of its summit in Turkey. Among other things, a fleet of 14 AWACS reconnaissance aircraft will be replaced, as Secretary-General Rutte reported in Ankara. Moreover, the allies want to invest more than 40 billion dollars in drone defense capabilities over the next five years.
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