Behind the headlines from Ankara sits a wave of procurement activity, new industry frameworks and multinational projects that suppliers across the defence supply chain will want to take note of. The NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum brought together Allied ministers and representatives from over 100 companies to turn last year’s Hague investment commitments into contracts, and the results were substantial. Rutte told the Forum that “the money is there, and more is coming,” while calling on government and industry to move faster and work more closely together. Two new mechanisms stand out for suppliers trying to navigate how to engage…
