16 contracts have been signed with five defense companies, including the French start-up Alta Ares: NATO launches a platform for the purchase of anti-drone capabilities

It must allow countries to equip themselves as quickly as possible. NATO announced this Thursday, November 5, that it had launched a common platform intended to allow its 32 member states to equip themselves more quickly and more effectively with anti-drone capabilities, after the increase in incidents involving drones in Europe. "The idea is to offer a kind of purchasing experience, sometimes described as 'ecommerce type'" to buy, thanks to a very simple device", these anti-drone means, Claudio Palestini, head of the Innovation division of the Atlantic Alliance, explained to journalists.

Drawing on its expertise, NATO has launched calls for tenders to select the most efficient and least expensive equipment before presenting them to its members. 80 offers received Some 80 offers were received and 16 contracts signed with five defense companies: the French start-up Alta Ares, the German Quantum Systems, the Americans Northrop Grumman and Axon, and the British OSL Technology. Their products, all selected after an evaluation phase of several months, are now available for purchase, or long-term rental, by the 32 NATO member countries.

They are intended for the protection of borders or strategic sites and present different solutions: jamming or the use of interceptor drones, or even other types of weaponry (artillery, etc.). Each of these capabilities costs between 1.6 and 25 million euros, NATO said. The countries of the Alliance committed at the Hague summit in 2025 to devote at least 40 billion dollars (around 37 billion euros) over five years to strengthen their anti-drone capabilities.

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, former Soviet republics sharing a border with Russia, regularly record drone intrusions on their territory. Poland and Romania were also victims of these same intrusions.

Machine-translated from French