Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Historic Defense Investment from NATO Allies, Powering American Industry

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Historic Defense Investment from NATO Allies, Powering American Industry
STRENGTHENING THE U.S. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE: This week, at NATO’s 2026 Ankara Summit, President Donald J. Trump announced a surge in defense investment from Allies, increasing market access for American companies and supporting thousands of high-paying American manufacturing jobs.
- $3 billion in major deals and joint ventures were announced at the Summit that will expand the Arsenal of Freedom:
- Lockheed Martin will work to establish a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Sustainment Facility in Europe.
- Northrup Grumman will sign Letters of Interest with 10 Nations to purchase MQ-4C Tritons, expanding NATO’s Allied Ground Surveillance program into the maritime domain.
- Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall will partner on Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) production in Europe.
- RTX and the Department of War will launch their Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) feasibility Study to expand production in Europe.
- Germany and the Netherlands will buy Raytheon’s Stinger missile with European production as a condition of the bulk procurement. They aim to double the Stinger production volume by 2030.
- Boeing and Rheinmetall-Italy will explore a partnership opportunity to expand production and sustainment for Boeing’s Small Diameter Bomb (SDB-I) for Europe.
- Anduril will commit to provide Poland with Barracuda-500 missiles, leading to a new production line in country.
- Procurement Coalitions will be utilized for NATO Allies to join together to create the demand signal needed to boost procurement of key capabilities. This approach will lower unit costs, ramp up production, and close capability gaps.
- NATO’s surge in investment opens a pathway for small and medium-sized American companies to market their products, innovate, and accelerate deliveries across the Alliance.
PRIORITIZING AMERICA FIRST FOREIGN POLICY: President Trump’s leadership has produced a generational shift in NATO, ramping up allies’ stake in industrial expansion and creating jobs for thousands of American workers.
- This new approach – NATO 3.0 – moves the Alliance toward greater burden sharing and self-reliance.
- A more balanced Alliance frees critical American resources for homeland defense and secures our vital national interests beyond Europe.
- In 2025, European defense spending supported nearly 200,000 American jobs, including 112,000 positions from U.S. defense contractor sales and 83,000 jobs from European defense firms operating in the United States.
- President Trump’s America First Arms Transfer Strategy ensures that the surge in allies’ spending will benefit the U.S. defense industry, reindustrializing America while arming our partners with the best capabilities in the world.
RESTORING BALANCE TO NATO: President Trump is transforming NATO from a model of dependency to one of true partnership, restoring the focus and determination of the founding Alliance.
- In June 2025, President Trump secured a historic commitment from NATO allies to invest 5 percent of their GDP annually in defense by 2035 — the most ambitious pledge in the history of the Alliance.
- Allied investment jumped more than 20 percent last year alone, with allies spending $120 billion more than in 2025. This historic surge in investment is restoring fairness to the Alliance and reducing the burden on the United States.
- Since President Trump began his first term, NATO allies have spent an additional $1.21 trillion on defense — known as the “Trump Trillion.”
- Because of President Trump, European allies have borne the cost of defending Ukraine instead of American taxpayers. Over $5 billion of this spending has been spent through the President’s Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative which allows Allies to purchase packages of U.S. equipment for transfer to Ukraine.
- In 2025 alone, NATO allies procured more than $54 billion in defense equipment from the U.S. — a boost for American manufacturers, workers, and communities.
- NATO allies accepted primary responsibility for its conventional defense and stepped up to take more leadership roles.
- The Department of War has returned U.S. troop levels in Europe to pre-2022 levels, empowering our European partners to step up. In addition, the Department of War is reviewing U.S. force posture and basing in Europe to ensure irreversible momentum toward a European-led defense of Europe.