Alford Technologies Ltd has announced the award of a significant contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), initially valued at �1 million and subsequently increased to �1.5 million, for the supply ...

NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) involves deploying robust, multinational, combat-ready forces in Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe, with four battalion-size battlegroups in Estonia, ...

Bucharest, Jan 14 /Agerpres/ - Starting in January 2025 Romania has expanded its presence, with troops and military hardware, to another two NATO battle groups operating in eastern flank allied ...

NATO has been increasingly concerned about Russia’s activities along its eastern flank, prompting a series of strategic responses to bolster defense and deterrence in the region. In response to Russia ...

British soldiers take part in a major drill as part of Nato’s Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP) operation at the Tapa Estonian army camp near Rakvere in February 2022 (AFP via Getty Images) ...

NATO eFPs are multinational, combat-ready forces which unify soldiers of several NATO members under a single command. Each eFP consists of a leading nation, which provides most of the troops and ...

NATO’s rare rebuke of China could lead to actions pressuring the country to curb exports to Russia. Beijing denounced it as “prejudice, smears and provocation.” ...

For example, since 2017, NATO has stationed one multinational Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP) battle group in each country. These units were initially relatively small — around 1,200 troops each — and ...

Ukraine and NATO: Time to make history. America’s friends and foes alike will be watching the Washington, DC, summit closely. ... (EFP) battalions, like Germany’s move to permanently station 5,000 ...

Four new EFP missions followed, alongside a strengthened maritime posture, air policing, air defense, and multinational exercises. NATO planning was further transformed at last year’s Vilnius summit ...

Why is it significant? NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 is the largest exercise conducted by the alliance since the Cold War. Its main purpose is to highlight its collective military might and ...