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NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum

07 July 2026 | Ankara, Türkiye

Updated: 03 July 2026 18:15

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The NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum (NSDIF26), NATO’s premier high-level event on transatlantic defence production, investment and innovation, will take place 7 July 2026 in Ankara, Türkiye.

An integral part of the 2026 NATO Summit, the Forum will bring together senior NATO, Allied and partner officials, industry leaders, and the communities responsible for driving forward industry and innovation to discuss its most pressing issues.

Previous editions at The Hague and Washington made clear that there is no strong defence without a strong defence industry. This year, the Forum will focus on Allied progress towards reaching NATO’s historic 5% defence investment plan, and on how this money is being put into action to generate increased defence production, cooperation and joint-procurement, all in the service of generating stronger industrial deterrence for the Alliance.

NSDIF 2026 will consist of:

A one-day conference offering six closed-door ‘spotlight’ sessions in the morning and livestreamed plenary sessions in the afternoon. The morning sessions will run concurrently and are designed to maximise interaction within a small-group format. The afternoon segment will include keynote addresses by NATO, Allied and industry leadership and plenary sessions which will be broadcast to the public and open to the media;

and, for the first time,

High-level announcements of national, multinational and industry-led agreements, deliverables and initiatives. These announcements will be made throughout the day, on the margins of the conference programme, at the NSDIF venue. They will cover a wide range of NATO priority capability areas, including: space and surveillance; integrated air and missile defence and strike capabilities. They will address the need to boost transatlantic co-production, increase rapid adoption of innovation, improve NATO-industry practical cooperation and deliver tangible defence investment guarantees.

Further details on announcements will be published at 08.00 hrs (local time) on 7 July 2026.

Please note: All timings in this programme are listed in local Turkish time (TRT, UTC+3).

The media programme is subject to change. Please consult the website regularly.

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Tue 7 Jul

10:00 High Level Announcements by NATO, Allies and Industry Location: ATO Congresium, Söğütözü Caddesi, No:1/A, Çankaya

10:00: “Big Reveal” Announcement
10:53: Transatlantic Defence Industrial Cooperation in Action
11:07: Defence Critical Raw Materials
11:15: NATO’s Drone Edge

The events will take place in the presence of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte

11:22: Space and Surveillance
11:37: Strike Capabilities
11:56: Integrated Air and Missile Defence
12:19: Mass Signing Ceremony

These events will take place in the presence of NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Šekerinska

12:45 Keynote Speeches NATO Secretary General and the Vice-President and the Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Türkiye

Location: Plenary Room at ATO Congresium, Söğütözü Caddesi, No:1/A, Çankaya

13:10 Navigating the Ramp-Up: A Conversation with Industry

13:35 Capable and Complementary: NATO and EU

13:50 Keynote address – speaker to be announced

14:00 Plenary session 1: People, Plans and Products: A Whole-of-Society Approach to Industrial Preparedness

14:40 Plenary session 2: Industry as a Military Variable: An Alliance Ready for Tomorrow’s Battlefield

14:40 Cash to Capabilities: An Alliance Delivering

15:10 Call for Action: Strategic Investments in Defence and Security Location: ATO Congresium, Söğütözü Caddesi, No:1/A, Çankaya

15:15 Plenary session 3: From Innovation to Industrial Scale: Financing Defence Capability

16:00 Plenary session 4: Shared Values, Stronger Industrial Base: Expanding Partnerships and Cooperation

16:40 Closing remarks

Tue 7 Jul