NATO Official: Defense Industry Needs To Offer More Interoperability

By Jordana Mishory / October 2, 2014 at 5:55 PM
A senior NATO defense official is calling for industry to enhance its focus on interoperability even if it is not in the companies' best financial interests. Speaking Thursday at a breakfast with reporters in Washington, Danish Gen. Knud Bartels, the chairman of NATO's Military Committee, said he hopes "the military industries of all allies would maybe just move slightly beyond the point of just having profits and also look at what is the long-term interest." These long-term interests are "capable...

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