By Sabine SieboldANKARA, July 7 (Reuters) - NATO will launch a strategic airlift fleet of Airbus A400M transport planes and add one aircraft to its existing fleet of A330 MRTT tanker planes, Secretary General Mark Rutte said on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Ankara on Tuesday.He was speaking at a defence industry gathering where allies unveiled arms deals worth billions of dollars to show they are heeding U.S. calls to spend more to defend Europe before joining President Donald Trump for the summit starting in the evening.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has demanded allies present clear plans to meet spending targets at the annual summit in Ankara.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has demanded that the allies put forward “clear, concrete and credible plans” to reach the organization’s spending targets at its annual summit…

The secretary general noted that NATO member states intend to "show how they are investing in defense"

ANKARA, July 7 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that allies buy up to five Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton high altitude surveillance drones, with…

Así lo ha anunciado Mark Rutte ante miembros de la industria y de los gobiernos: la Alianza también se lanza al desarrollo de aeronaves inteligentes y al refuerzo de la defensa…

The announcement comes as threats from drones become common on battlefields, with heavy casualties reported in most active conflicts.

NATO launched a series of multinational defence projects in Ankara on Tuesday, with Finland taking part in several of the alliance's largest air capability programmes. The…

Nato’s Mark Rutte announces initiatives and implies US calls for more defence spending are being heeded

The NATO secretary general stressed that NATO should replenish its arsenals, which had been depleted by arms supplies to Ukraine

NATO allies are committed to work together to acquire, store, transport and manage stockpiles of critical defence materials, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on…

The deals include European countries buying surveillance drones from US company Northrop Grumman, and Nato buying planes from Sweden’s Saab.

By Sabine SieboldANKARA, July 7 (Reuters) - NATO will launch a strategic airlift fleet of Airbus A400M transport planes and add one aircraft to its existing fleet of A330 MRTT…

Alianța Nord-Atlantică va lansa o flotă strategică de transport aerian formată din avioane de transport Airbus A400M și va adăuga o aeronavă la flota sa

NATO will establish a strategic airlift fleet of Airbus A400M transport planes, add an A330 MRTT tanker to its fleet and spend about $4.5 billion to...

The air power shift also comes as allies attempt to come to terms with the US opting to scale back some of its military assets in Europe and as they brace for Trump’s Summit…