{"id":23951,"date":"2018-06-14T17:55:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T17:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/14\/the-relationship-of-industry-and-an-evolving-nato\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:59:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:59:45","slug":"the-relationship-of-industry-and-an-evolving-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/nato-priorities\/2018\/06\/14\/the-relationship-of-industry-and-an-evolving-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"The relationship of industry and an evolving NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 With the NATO Summit in Brussels rapidly approaching, what\u2019s changed and what\u2019s stayed the same since Warsaw in 2016? The role of the European Union in defense has evolved. Russia has upped its hybrid tactics. And tensions even among NATO allies have bubbled up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense News spoke to Chris Lombardi, vice president for Raytheon International, to get his take. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>How have the threats in Europe, particularly along the Eastern Flank, evolved?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty years ago, there was a totally different mindset. Post 9\/11 there was a big focus on deployment mobility, some special operations; but basic counterinsurgency forces. Take the last four years, plus Crimea and you get the reemergence of the conventional threat because of the Eastern Flank. What you have is a combination of the effort to maintain counterinsurgency, light brigade, [with an] emphasis on heavy equipment, conventional forces. Add to that, especially in the last year, the hybrid threat. You get the full spectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The urgency of Europeans to increase budgets and put things in place faster is evident. We see it with interest in things like air defense, missile defense, heavy armored brigade equipment. Poland signed their contract in the last year for Patriot. Romania signed theirs last fall. Sweden now has their [letter of agreement] from the U.S. Army in country and will probably sign it this summer. Lithuania was on contract for NASAMS so they have air defense coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>What has driven the increase in rapid investment? There\u2019s pressure from the U.S. \u2013 but are they more fearful?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wouldn\u2019t say there\u2019s more fear. But there\u2019s more attention on security. There\u2019s awareness [of the] threat. I actually don\u2019t think it\u2019s U.S. pressure. I think the U.S. will try to take credit, but the NATO nations made a strong resolution in Whales in 2014; the Crimea invasion was that same year. That is a huge wakeup call. It was the first time in decades, since World War II, that a country used force to change borders. It\u2019s awareness that the post-Cold War [era] was over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>How is the hybrid threat primarily from Russia influencing spending?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There has to be a shift in mentality in both armed forces and ministries of defense in the acquisition of equipment that would counter new threats. But [also] one way some countries are approaching the hybrid threat is talking across ministries and organizations. Some of the areas that might already be addressing the cyber threats might be the Ministry of Interior or police forces, or intelligence. Those organizations can lend experience in current technologies and other things that might not be in a traditional mindset of conventional defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But because defense industries are talking to armed forces and ministries, we have to help them as well. That\u2019s one of the things that\u2019s on us \u2014 we should be investing, researching, understanding new technologies. For example, we\u2019ve invested $300 million in our GaN technology \u2014 gallium nitride. We brought it up to manufacturing level, readiness level 8. We\u2019re putting that into our sensors. We\u2019re [also] investing in extending the range of existing interceptors for ground-based air defense, so you can put longer legs on AMRAAM to make it to reach much farther. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chris_Lombardi_photo-Cropped.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chris_Lombardi_photo-Cropped.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chris_Lombardi_photo-Cropped.jpg.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chris_Lombardi_photo-Cropped.jpg.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chris_Lombardi_photo-Cropped.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chris Lombardi is vice president for international at Raytheon. (Raytheon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Are NATO allies allowing the seat at the table for industry to bring solutions forward? <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The good thing is every nation has an open door. They want to hear what you\u2019re doing, they want to understand the new technology, they want to understand the new capabilities so they can plan for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other side, partnerships [are] another way to get awareness \u2013 working with Rheinmetall and understanding what our partnership is and how we can work together to improve air defenses in Germany, or working with Kongsberg on the same thing with allies. Those companies can also educate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only concern is what EU is doing [estabilshing exclusive defense programs and investments]. Everyone realizes that the more you close the borders to ideas and technologies \u2014 they won\u2019t get the efficiencies they want. It\u2019s not good for efficiency to [close doors] for political reasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A bit with Greece, certainly Turkey <\/b>\u2014<b> there have been challenges in terms of their relationship with Russia. Does that complicate efforts in terms of integration and such?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We only work where the U.S. government says we can work. When we sell something into a country, it\u2019s always done with full approval and generally with the understanding of what it is, where we\u2019re delivering it, how we\u2019re delivering it. Turkey is a full member of NATO, their armed forces operate with the armed forces of other countries in NATO, they do exercises together. Part of what we\u2019re supposed to do is deliver the systems they need to operate. 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