Lithuania plans to spend EUR 500 million over the next decade on anti-tank mines, prioritising local manufacturers. However, domestic companies say the current technical specifications appear tailored to Poland-made mines, raising concerns about whether it’s viable to invest in domestic production. Five Lithuanian firms are considering participation in a Defence Ministry tender to supply anti-tank…
Lithuania and Europe need to build a drone army to defend against Russia, Lithuania’s European Defence and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has said. “Russia can have around five million drones, so we need to have capacities bigger than those in order to prevail,” he said, adding that Russia now had a “battle-tested” army. This would…
Lithuania’s government on June 11 granted permission to bypass public procurement procedures in the acquisition of combat payloads, specifically kamikaze drones and anti-tank mines. According to the resolution prepared by the Defence Ministry these purchases will not be subject to provisions of the Law on Public Procurement in the Fields of Defence and Security. This…
Lithuania is in talks with Ukrainian manufacturers on the production of marine and missile drones, Defence Minister Dovile Sakaliene has announced. “We all like the Magura drone,” the minister told BNS in reference to the Ukrainian sea drone that had proved to be effective in striking Moscow’s ships and installations in the Black Sea and…
Lithuania is considering a purchase of long-range air defence systems, says Defence Minister Dovile Sakaliene. “We have plans to evaluate and acquire certain long-range air defence systems in the medium to long term,” she told the TV3 news broadcast on May 1. “We cannot disclose the details of a medium- and long-term acquisition at the…
A Ukrainian delegation met with Lithuania’s Deputy Foreign Minister Julius Pranevicius to discuss the development of joint projects in the defense industry. The Ministry for Strategic Industries of Ukraine reported this on Facebook. “Ukrainian enterprises are growing stronger every day, producing more and more weapons essential for Ukraine’s defense. But through cooperation with Western companies,…
On April 17, the Lithuanian parliament tightened and extended sanctions against Russian and Belarusian citizens for another year. Under the new measures, Russian nationals who travel to Belarus or Russia more than once every three months will lose their right to stay in Lithuania. However, the parliament stopped short of imposing the same measure on…