Europe needs to make great strides in increasing the capacity of its defense industry, and can only do this by working together within the EU and with Ukraine, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren ...

PARIS — Dutch top military leaders have a wish list for the next government: air defense, tanks and more military police. More air defense systems is the number one priority, “no question about it,” ...

The Dutch Defense Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team dismantled a record 3,438 explosives in 2025, marking a 40 percent ...

Late last month, the Ministry of Defense convinced the Dutch parliament to extend its budget so that it can purchase ...

The Dutch military steadily disarmed over a period of 20 years after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 – its leaders believing, as many of their Nato peers did, that history had ended and a major war ...

Initial delivery of the systems is scheduled in late 2028, with final delivery and project completion set by the end of 2029.

Dutch Defence Minister Gijs Tuinman signed a contract with Rheinmetall Air Defence for Skyranger 30 air-defence systems on 11 ...

The Dutch government on Friday said it would replace nearly its entire navy fleet in the coming 15 years, in a project worth several billion euros that it said would mainly benefit Dutch industry. A ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met with Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel to discuss a range of security and defence ...

The Dutch armed forces have expanded by almost 20% in four years, with staff numbers rising sharply since Russia’s invasion ...