Following NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte launching a multinational project on defence critical raw materials at the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum, NATO Innovation Fund portfolio company Uplit360 has secured the award of a multi-year framework agreement with the Luxembourg Directorate of Defence (DOD). Under the arrangement, Uplift360 will strengthen Europe’s sovereign supply of advanced materials by producing high-performance materials from European only sources, reducing exposure to geopolitical shocks and supply chain disruption.

The NATO Summit underscored that Europe is rearming at an unprecedented pace and that Europe’s security not only depends on military capability but also on industrial resilience. Through this framework agreement, Uplift360 will act as strategic materials partner to the Luxembourg DOD, building intelligence on advanced material and platform requirements, increasing production capability and developing new technologies and systems for secure material supply.

By producing high-performance materials from existing European sources and enabling their rapid integration into aerospace and defence platforms, Uplift360 will fortify Europe’s sovereign industrial base and allow industry to scale at the pace of requirement.

Through its eight-year partnership with Uplift360, Luxembourg DOD is delivering on its Defence Industrial Strategy and the multinational Defence Critical Raw Materials high visibility project signed at the NATO Summit Defence Investment Forum, supporting the growth of its sovereign, innovative and secure defence sector. Through the combination of Uplift360’s revolutionary chemical process and advanced material expertise, the company will turbocharge the rate at which industry can operate with a strengthened supply chain – a model which could be replicated across NATO as the company scales its capabilities across Europe.