Minister of National Defence, Nuno Melo, announced this Monday at the Paris Air Show 2025 the purchase of a sixth KC-390 aircraft from Embraer for the Portuguese Air Force, strengthening the country’s military capabilities and the involvement of its defence industry.
idD Portugal Defence and the Instituto Pedro Nunes held an informative webinar this morning on the new challenges launched by NATO DIANA, aiming to support Portuguese entities in the application process for the 2026 edition.
idD Portugal Defence participated in the visit of the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) to NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) in Norfolk, USA, in an initiative that fostered closer cooperation between the Portuguese defence industry and NATO-ACT.
idD Portugal Defence welcomed the Ambassador of Türkiye in Lisbon and Defence Attaché Önder Taskin for a courtesy meeting.
idD Portugal Defence was in Brussels last week to participate in the plenary meetings of the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG), where it represents the national defence industry.
idD Portugal Defence, in collaboration with the NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA), will participate in Web Summit 2023, Pavilion 1 – booth: E174, from November 13 to 16, at the Altice Arena and FIL, in Lisbon.
idD took part in the REPMUS 2023 Exercise ("Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping Augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems") organized by the Portuguese Navy, which is the largest operational unmanned systems experimentation exercise in the world.
Portugal will host two structures of the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA), an unprecedented initiative by NATO to create a network that brings the defence sector closer to the [...]
