NATO

The Portuguese Army is expected to receive a share of over €1.1Bn from the European SAFE loan programme out of a total of €5.8 billion secured by Portugal from Brussels. Two-wheeled armored [...]

Portugal may be a small country with a €320Bn GDP, yet in just 20 years its Aeronautics, Space, and Defence (AED) sector has grown from next to nothing to €1Bn in turnover. How has it achieved [...]

Text: Chris Graeme I remember going to see the film ‘Top Gun’ back in 1986 with some university pals in Colchester, UK. It was not because I was really that interested in military matters [...]

The US ambassador to Portugal, John Arrigo, has signalled that the US wants to reduce the overseas trade imbalance between the two countries – currently in Portugal’s favor – and get [...]

Portugal’s army has received the green light from the Ministry of Defence to invest €12.6 million on tactical vehicles between 2025 and 2028. The investment will be funded via the Military [...]

Lisbon is among the top European cities when it comes to European venture capital investment in defence tech companies according to the report ‘State of Defence Tech 2025’ from Dealroom that [...]

Portugal must invest more in security, both external and internal. However, more important than increasing defence-spending on weapons are organisation, leadership and motivation, argues Rui [...]

The President of Investors Portugal believes there will be more opportunities for Portuguese technology startups in areas like defence as European NATO countries beef up defence spending. After [...]

Portugal’s foreign minister Paulo Rangel says that Portugal will meet its 5% defence commitments to NATO in “two steps”: spending 3.5% of GDP in “clear investment” and “1.5% on infrastructures”. [...]