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NSPA establishes 14 nation Innovation and Readiness Support Partnership

NATO's Support and Procurement Agency established the Innovation and Readiness Support Partnership, a legal framework for 14 nations, mostly European, to run nation led projects on defence innovation, testing and readiness. No project group has yet been created.

Reported euro-sd.com, 7 September 2026

What it does not test. It does not establish any funded project, capability or joint production line, since no project groups exist under the framework yet.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. 14-nation framework agreed but no project group/capability yet, no question moves. European Sovereignty Index

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