To meet a target set by NATO countries last year, the ​government aims ⁠to increase defence spending to 2.8% of gross ...

To achieve that target, Dutch citizens will pay the so-called “freedom contribution” via income tax, which will eventually generate more than €3bn per year. Dutch companies will also have to pay such ...

The first confirmed combat kill by a Dutch F-35 inside NATO airspace was tactically clean and politically reassuring, but financially it was a gut punch. A fifth generation stealth jet, built for high ...

"We are not cutting back, we are simply preventing an enormous explosion in the healthcare budget," presumptive prime ...

The Ministry of Defence will be investing heavily in new resources to combat drones in the coming years. The threat of unmanned systems is increasing rapidly. This is evident from the war in Ukraine, ...

Dutch telecommunications group KPN expects its defence-related revenue to rise more than 10% in the coming years, CEO ...

An F-15EX Eagle II fires an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile in a test of the fighter's added weapons stations. (U.S. Air Force) PARIS — Raytheon will explore the possibility of manufacturing its AIM-120 ...

Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans feels that Europe must do more to counter Russia's threat — and he has a few ideas how to do it. "(Vladimir Putin) knows he is creating unrest, that's positive ...

The two Dutch armed forces members who were dispatched to Greenland as part of a Nato reconnaissance force last week are on ...

Unidentified drones have been observed hovering over a military base used by Nato in the Netherlands, the Dutch defence ministry has said. It said military personnel deployed weapons to try to take ...

Dutch telecom giant KPN anticipates over 10% growth in defence revenue in response to heightened European defence investments. As nations bolster military budgets amid regional tensions, telecom ...