A Canadian soldier dismantles a drone as a team from the Canadian Navy test thermal imaging drone capabilities in Arctic environments, during Operation Nanook, the Canadian Armed Forces’ annual Arctic training and sovereignty operation, in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, February 27, 2025. (Photo by COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images)
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NATO said the contract "was one of the most expeditious in [its] history, taking only six months from outlining the requirement to acquiring the system."
Allied fighter jets participating in NATO exercise Ramstein Flag 24 fly in formation over the west coast of Greece, Oct. 4, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Emili Koonce)
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Centre L) and British Defence Secretary John Healey react as they meet, on the eve of a NATO defence ministers’ meeting at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, on February 12, 2025. (Photo by Johanna Geron / POOL / AFP)
Former U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker speaks during a rally for Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing, refuels a U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft during exercise RAMSTEIN FLAG 2024 while flying over the coast of Greece, Oct. 4, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Edgar Grimaldo)
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III poses for a photo with Defense Innovation Board members at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 17, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)