Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines. Tony has covered avionics, unmanned vehicles, the supply chain and cyberwarfare.
NEWPORT, Wales – The rapid advance of Islamic State fighters and Russia’s sudden occupancy of Ukraine is prompting NATO to re-establish a high-readiness multinational force that could be deployed anywhere on the globe within two to five days. NATO disbanded its high-readiness force, the Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (AMF), in 2002. But now it is planning the formation of a new Spearhead force as one of its three core aims at the alliance’s summit, being held here.
NEWPORT, Wales—Denmark is leading a multinational program aimed at reducing the effect on air operations caused by the depletion of stocks of air-dropped precision weapons. The framework agreement, announced at the NATO Summit in Newport, Wales, on Sept. 4, is open to all NATO-member states; it is aimed at averting issues such as those found during NATO operations over Libya, when several nations ran out of precision-guided bombs and missiles and were unable to use those of other countries.
