Theme of the biennial Nordic Defence Industry Seminar, held in Helsinki on 9-11 May was“Transatlantic link”.  The seminar had an interaction with Defence Industries of the Nordic nations and government representatives from Nordic nations as well as The United States and NATO. 

In 2016 Denmark will hold the chairmanship of the Nordic Defence Cooperation.

With the Nordic defence ministers' vision setting the political stage for Nordic armaments cooperation, COPA ARMA is driving at implementing the vision into practical aims.

We the Nordic Ministers of Defence strongly believe that deepened and strengthened Nordic defence cooperation will create opportunities for our respective countries to develop, maintain and use our military means more efficiently and in a more cost-effective manner. Despite different security affiliations there is substantial potential for further developing Nordic Defence Cooperation, which complements efforts in other international forums such as the UN, NATO and the EU.

The first year into the existence of NORDEFCO’s initiative at delivering more common procurement projects, expectations have risen. There is an expectation of seeing the fruition of more common procurement projects over the course of the next 18 months. More common procurement projects, more cooperation about life-cycle support, from common maintenance and spare parts, to common stockpiling and pooling of resources.

The Nordic Defence Industry Seminar 2014 was successfully held this May at Sundvolden in Norway.