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NATO x Airbus (A400M)

NATO launched a High Visibility Project for the Airbus A400M military transport aircraft at the 2026 NATO Summit Defence Forum, with seven member nations (Belgium, Croatia, France, Poland, Spain, Türkiye, UK) participating. Airbus manufactures the A400M under contract managed by OCCAR on behalf of the launch customer nations.

manufacturing · Active · operating


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manufacturing
Status
Activeoperating

Who’s involved

NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states from North America and Europe. NATO operates the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system -- a fleet of 5 [Northrop grumman](/companies/northrop-grumman) RQ-4D Phoenix (Global Hawk variant) aircraft based at NAS Sigonella, Sicily, for persistent wide-area ISR supporting alliance defense.

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  • Airbus · manufacturer

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-07-nato-paves-the-way-towards-a-multinational-a400m-fleet

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