U.S. NATO Ambassador Julianne Smith said today the alliance intends to make new defense production announcements at a key summit in July that could give arms manufacturers insight into NATO's defense planning guidance in the hopes the information will serve as a multiyear "demand signal" to spur new investments in munitions capacity. Smith, speaking to several reporters at a Defense Writers Group event in Washington, said: “We will have something to say at the summit about the possibility of lashing...