{"id":1402963,"date":"2026-07-07T13:17:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1402963"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:18:02","slug":"rutte-announces-nato-s-40-billion-counter-drone-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/rutte-announces-nato-s-40-billion-counter-drone-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Rutte Announces NATO\u2019s $40 Billion Counter-Drone Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>NATO is launching the $40 billion Drone Edge initiative aimed at countering unmanned aerial vehicles.<\/p>\n   <p>NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced the initiative at the Alliance\u2019s Defense Industry Forum in Ankara, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n   <p>Rutte said that, in light of the experience of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, the Alliance must expand its capabilities to detect, identify, and neutralize drones that may enter allied airspace.<\/p>\n   <p>Under the Drone Edge project, NATO member states will invest $40 billion in counter-drone capabilities over the next five years.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cAs these capabilities require trained personnel, Allies also commit to training five times more drone operators within their armed forces. By the end of 2027, NATO will support Allies in various ways so that they can fulfill these commitments,\u201d the NATO Secretary General announced.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>According to him, the Alliance will launch a \u201ccounter-drone marketplace\u201d designed to help Allies rapidly procure counter-UAV systems in large quantities.<\/p>\n   <p>Rutte also said NATO will expand its drone pilot training capabilities, including through the NATO Flight Training Europe project. He noted that Finland, France, and Sweden have joined the initiative, bringing the total number of participating Allies to 20.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cTogether, we are building an Alliance that is ready to counter drones. We are leveraging the latest innovative technologies, investing in our transatlantic defense industries, and applying the practical lessons learned from combat operations in Ukraine,\u201d Rutte stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>As previously reported, there has been an increase in cases of drones entering the airspace of NATO countries in recent months, particularly along the Alliance\u2019s eastern flank. In most cases, these involved Ukrainian drones that had gone off course due to the effects of Russian electronic warfare systems.<\/p>\n   <p>NATO fighter jets have already shot down two such Ukrainian drones over the Baltic states \u2014 the first over Estonia and the second over Latvia.<\/p>\n   <p>Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has argued that Ukrainian drones accidentally crashing or being intercepted over NATO territory are an acceptable price for the destruction of Russian oil refineries and military bases.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/putin-is-unable-to-win-on-the-front-and-is-taking-revenge-on-ukrainian-cities-rutte\/\">Putin Is Unable to Win on the Front and Is Taking Revenge on Ukrainian Cities, \u2014 Rutte<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO is launching the $40 billion Drone Edge initiative aimed at countering &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1249471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415,55,36537],"tags":[76,78,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1402963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-ukraine-en","category-11473-ukraine-en-news-en-4","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rutte Announces NATO\u2019s $40 Billion Counter-Drone Initiative - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/rutte-announces-nato-s-40-billion-counter-drone-initiative\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rutte Announces NATO\u2019s $40 Billion Counter-Drone Initiative - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NATO is launching the $40 billion Drone Edge initiative aimed at countering ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/rutte-announces-nato-s-40-billion-counter-drone-initiative\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-07T10:17:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-07T10:18:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/28-820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/rutte-announces-nato-s-40-billion-counter-drone-initiative\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/rutte-announces-nato-s-40-billion-counter-drone-initiative\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Rutte Announces NATO\u2019s $40 Billion Counter-Drone Initiative\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-07T10:17:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-07T10:18:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/rutte-announces-nato-s-40-billion-counter-drone-initiative\/\"},\"wordCount\":357,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/rutte-announces-nato-s-40-billion-counter-drone-initiative\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/28.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435\",\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\",\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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