News
| Date | Title | |
| 11 Oct. 2024 |  | NATO will begin its annual nuclear exercise “Steadfast Noon” on Monday (14 October 2024) with more than 60 aircraft taking part in training flights over western Europe. Steadfast Noon runs for two weeks and involves fighter jets capable of carrying U.S. nuclear warheads, but does not involve any live weapons. |
| 20 Sep. 2024 |  | NATO Allies gathered for the REPMUS 24 exercise in Portugal to test the ability of autonomous systems to operate together and to increase Alliance understanding of new threats in the maritime environment. They are joined by representatives of partner countries and organisations, NATO commands, research institutions and industry. REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping with Maritime Unmanned Systems) is the world’s leading experimentation exercise with maritime unmanned systems. REPMUS 24 is being held around the Troia Peninsula in Portugal from 9 to 27 September 2024. |
| 19 Sep. 2024 |  | From 10 to 20 September 2024, over 450 participants from 19 NATO Allies and three partner-countries gathered in the Netherlands to test the ability of commercially available counter-drone systems to operate seamlessly together. Ukraine participated for the first time, alongside members of the private sector and research community. |
| 15 Aug. 2024 |  |
NATO Naval Forces conduct exercise with Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force and Allies Three NATO ships conducted a successful passing exercise with two Japanese ships in the Eastern Mediterranean on Wednesday (14 August 2024). |
| 31 May. 2024 |  | NATO’s largest exercise in decades, Steadfast Defender 2024, concluded on Friday (31 May 2024). During the four-month exercise, Allies demonstrated how they can deploy forces from both sides of the Atlantic rapidly across the Alliance. Approximately 90,000 troops, over 80 aircraft, 50 ships and 1,100 combat vehicles took part in the exercise. |
| 12 Mar. 2024 |  |
There’s no business like snow business – US Marines build their skills in the Norwegian Arctic The US Marines of 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment are heading to the northernmost part of Norway for exercise Nordic Response – part of NATO’s Steadfast Defender 24, the largest NATO exercise in decades. But before they get there, they’ll need to master the unforgiving Norwegian winter. |
| 12 Mar. 2024 | |
There’s no business like snow business – US Marines build their skills in the Norwegian Arctic The US Marines of 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment are heading to the northernmost part of Norway for exercise Nordic Response – part of NATO’s Steadfast Defender 24, the largest NATO exercise in decades. But before they get there, they’ll need to master the unforgiving Norwegian winter. |
| 06 Mar. 2024 |  |
Allies demonstrate strengthened deterrence and defence during Polish-led Dragon 24 exercise Troops from France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye, UK and the US conducted a crossing of the Vistula river near Korzeniewo, Poland, this week (4-5 March 2024). The river crossing was part of Exercise Dragon 24, a Polish-led operational and tactical level multinational exercise and a key element of Steadfast Defender 24, NATO’s largest military exercise in decades. The river crossing was attended by Polish President Andrzej Duda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda. |
| 24 Jan. 2024 |  |
NATO’s largest exercise in decades, “Steadfast Defender”, gets underway NATO on Wednesday (24 January 2024) launched its biggest military exercise in decades with 90,000 personnel set to take part in months-long manoeuvres spanning the North Atlantic and Europe. Exercise “Steadfast Defender” will test the Alliance’s ability to defend against a near-peer adversary in an Article 5 scenario. |
| 23 Jan. 2024 |  |
Sniper Activity – NATO Allies and partners spar at the European Best Sniper Team Competition The European Best Sniper Team Competition pits 45 teams of sharpshooters from many NATO Allies and partners against each other for seven days of gruelling and stressful tests of skill. In 2023, NATO’s newest Ally Finland triumphed. For those familiar with Finnish history, this comes as no surprise. |