EU Commission demands Apple to align interoperability with digital competition rules

The European Commission will formally specify steps that Apple needs to take to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) around its interoperability with other products, the EU executive announced on Thursday (19 September).

Germany to get Patriot missiles in $5B deal

The Germans will also get training and spare parts.

Farnborough Airshow kicks off; Joe Biden drops out

SNEAK PEEK โ€” The Farnborough International Airshow starts today in the U.K. as the EUโ€™s space program stutters. โ€” Tensions between Rome and outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg escalated over the weekend โ€” Plot twist in the French defense committee: Jean-Michel Jacques is the new president. Good morning, and welcome to Morning Defense. In case [โ€ฆ]

EU Commission looks to study DMA interoperability, with an eye to extending requirements to social media

The European Commission aims to study interoperability provisions in the EU’s digital competition regulation, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), according to a published tender.

Nato chief says ‘Ukraine’s future is in Nato’ in joint news conference with Zelenskiy โ€“ย video

Jens Stoltenberg said that he and Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed during a meeting earlier on Thursday that ‘more funding, more military support, more security agreements and more interoperability constitute a bridge to Nato membership’. Zelenskiy called on…

Ukraine builds a NATO-lite while it waits for the real thing

Non-binding pacts are “second-best” to belonging to the alliance, but they’re the best Kyiv can get for now.