To meet a target set by NATO countries last year, the ​government aims ⁠to increase defence spending to 2.8% of gross ...

The Ministry of Defence will be investing heavily in new resources to combat drones in the coming years. The threat of unmanned systems is increasing rapidly. This is evident from the war in Ukraine, ...

The first confirmed combat kill by a Dutch F-35 inside NATO airspace was tactically clean and politically reassuring, but financially it was a gut punch. A fifth generation stealth jet, built for high ...

The Netherlands will spend more than €19 billion extra on defence each year in the long term, but those funds should be deployed strategically to strengthen areas where the country already has an edge ...

An F-15EX Eagle II fires an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile in a test of the fighter's added weapons stations. (U.S. Air Force) PARIS — Raytheon will explore the possibility of manufacturing its AIM-120 ...

Unidentified drones have been observed hovering over a military base used by Nato in the Netherlands, the Dutch defence ministry has said. It said military personnel deployed weapons to try to take ...

Dutch telecommunications group KPN expects its defence-related revenue to rise more than 10% in the coming years, CEO ...

The Netherlands has signed on to participate in the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) effort to develop uncrewed fighter aircraft. Amsterdam on 16 October said Dutch defence minister Gijs Tuinman signed a ...

The Netherlands is looking to add up to €3.5 billion ($4 billion) to its counter-drone investment plan in response to a growing number of sightings of unidentified uncrewed aircraft systems across ...