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NATO’s plan to buy Triton drones: Three cheers, two concerns

CBSA's Travis Sharp and Ryan Kaufman analyze NATO's recent decision to purchase high-dollar American drones.

Norway provides both a model, and a warning, for NATO

There are lessons that allies can take from Oslo that would help strengthen the NATO alliance, Joshua Huminski writes.

Macron’s nuclear pact expands across Scandinavia as global forces surges

Norway is just the latest ally to open discussions with Paris about France’s extended nuclear deterrence initiative.

Malaysian defense minister publicly slams Norway for cancelled missile sale

“Norway's action has created more than just a bilateral contract dispute. It raises a deeply troubling question about whether international agreement and strategic partnership can still be trusted at all,” Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin said at the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore.

After delivery of first tanks to Norway, EuroTrophy looks to wider European future

“This procurement of Leopard tanks to Norway came at the right timing with the rebuilding of German armed forces and their tank fleet and we could join with KNDS and [the] German and Norwegian government[s] to create the new baseline of the Leopard,” EuroTrophy Managing Director Dan Kalfus told Breaking Defense.

Russian nukes threaten ‘almost all’ US cities, Norway’s FM says, highlighting NATO’s value

“It is good that Europe is doing more, but there’s a need to remind our good friends on the other side of the Atlantic that NATO is also good for them,” said the Nordic official.

Kongsberg Q1 orders more than double, company eyes US expansion

Across the last quarter, other key contracts included the firm’s joint selection along with Salt Ship Design to deliver a design concept for standardised vessels to the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Malaysia looks for ‘further clarifications’ from Norway after Naval Strike Missile order falters

Malaysia and Kongsberg signed a deal in 2018 for supply of an undisclosed number of NSM weapons to equip six new Littoral Combat Ships.

Norway informed it may face weapons delivery delays from US

Norway’s MOD has been formally notified by US authorities that delays in the delivery of American weapons “may occur,” the ministry said on Friday.

UK accuses Russia of covert submarine operation threatening undersea cables 

Together with allies, the UK tracked “every mile” of the deployment involving an Akula-class and a pair of Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI) surveillance submarines, according to British defense secretary John Healey.

Norway floats additional $11.8B in defense spending through 2035, cancels drone program 

The new funding is set to go directly toward the acquisition of new F-35 fifth generation fighter jet integrated Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) munitions, and stiffen the pace of big ticket submarine and frigate procurements.

Estonia pushes for local CV90 fighting vehicle production, defense minister says

"We are ready to step into the supply line … to fill some of the gaps that Hägglunds has," Hanno Pevkur, Estonia's defense minister, told Breaking Defense.

Norway selects Hanwha Chunmoo over Euro, US systems in $2B rocket artillery deal

This marks a notable shift in Nordic defense acquisitions, which have traditionally relied heavily on European and American defense firms.

Norway to buy two more subs, Denmark buys new surveillance ship in Nordic maritime push 

Oslo and Copenhagen have separately, and on the same day, confirmed significant additions to their naval forces, both aimed at strengthening surveillance and protection of undersea infrastructure and strategic maritime areas in the North European waters.