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'Unite, Innovate, Deliver': NATO Rallies Industry At Defence Summit To Meet New Era Of Security Demands
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At the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum in The Hague on Tuesday, 24 June 2025, Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered a clear and urgent call to action: Allies, partners, and industry must “unite, innovate and deliver” to ensure the Alliance is prepared to “win this new war of production.”
Addressing defence ministers, industry leaders, and experts from across the transatlantic community, Mr. Rutte underscored the scale and pace of the transformation required. “There’s no defence without a strong defence industry, and there’s no European security without a strong transatlantic bond,” he stated.
With NATO facing an increasingly complex and competitive global security environment, Rutte pointed to the critical need for expanding and accelerating defence industrial output. He praised the steps already taken to enhance cooperation and modernize production, including the establishment of hundreds of new and expanded defence production lines. Still, he made it clear: more is needed — faster, and together.
Reinforcing this message, NATO’s updated capability targets are sending what Rutte called a “clear demand signal” to industry — one that reflects both the urgency and the scale of NATO’s long-term defence posture.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen joined Rutte onstage, highlighting the EU’s Readiness 2030 plan, which aims to mobilise up to €800 billion for defence. Rutte welcomed this development and stressed the importance of removing long-standing barriers to transatlantic cooperation, calling for a more integrated defence market between Europe and North America.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also addressed the forum, making a strong appeal for deeper defence cooperation between NATO and Ukraine. Emphasising his country’s growing defence industry and leadership in drone technology, he presented Ukraine as not only a partner in need but one with capabilities to offer.
The forum, held during the NATO Summit, served as a platform to forge practical solutions to bolster collective industrial capacity, stimulate innovation, and engage the commercial space sector. In a symbolic gesture of transatlantic unity, business leaders from Europe and North America presented Rutte with a joint ambition statement — a shared commitment to support NATO’s Industrial Capacity Expansion Pledge for the prosperity, security, and resilience of the transatlantic community.
NATO also unveiled the first public release of its Updated Defence Production Action Plan, laying out concrete steps to increase industrial output, aggregate demand, and enhance cooperation with industry leaders.
As geopolitical tensions endure and the security landscape evolves, the message from The Hague was unmistakable: NATO’s defence must be underpinned by a fast, flexible, and forward-looking industrial base — one that matches ambition with action.
Addressing defence ministers, industry leaders, and experts from across the transatlantic community, Mr. Rutte underscored the scale and pace of the transformation required. “There’s no defence without a strong defence industry, and there’s no European security without a strong transatlantic bond,” he stated.
With NATO facing an increasingly complex and competitive global security environment, Rutte pointed to the critical need for expanding and accelerating defence industrial output. He praised the steps already taken to enhance cooperation and modernize production, including the establishment of hundreds of new and expanded defence production lines. Still, he made it clear: more is needed — faster, and together.
Reinforcing this message, NATO’s updated capability targets are sending what Rutte called a “clear demand signal” to industry — one that reflects both the urgency and the scale of NATO’s long-term defence posture.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen joined Rutte onstage, highlighting the EU’s Readiness 2030 plan, which aims to mobilise up to €800 billion for defence. Rutte welcomed this development and stressed the importance of removing long-standing barriers to transatlantic cooperation, calling for a more integrated defence market between Europe and North America.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also addressed the forum, making a strong appeal for deeper defence cooperation between NATO and Ukraine. Emphasising his country’s growing defence industry and leadership in drone technology, he presented Ukraine as not only a partner in need but one with capabilities to offer.
The forum, held during the NATO Summit, served as a platform to forge practical solutions to bolster collective industrial capacity, stimulate innovation, and engage the commercial space sector. In a symbolic gesture of transatlantic unity, business leaders from Europe and North America presented Rutte with a joint ambition statement — a shared commitment to support NATO’s Industrial Capacity Expansion Pledge for the prosperity, security, and resilience of the transatlantic community.
NATO also unveiled the first public release of its Updated Defence Production Action Plan, laying out concrete steps to increase industrial output, aggregate demand, and enhance cooperation with industry leaders.
As geopolitical tensions endure and the security landscape evolves, the message from The Hague was unmistakable: NATO’s defence must be underpinned by a fast, flexible, and forward-looking industrial base — one that matches ambition with action.
Jun 25, 2025
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