Lithuania’s state-owned Giraite Armament Plant has begun producing anti-drone cartridges, with test batches already dispatched to Sweden and France and interest from several other countries. The plant, a small-calibre ammunition manufacturer based in Kaunas district, developed the ammunition concept last year drawing on experience from Ukraine. Prototypes were tested in laboratories and at a firing…
Lithuania will purchase 936 Patria armoured vehicles from Finland under a decision approved by the State Defence Council on May 27. President Gitanas Nauseda said 300 of the vehicles were expected to be acquired until 2030. He added that one of Lithuania’s requirements was for part of the production process to take place inside the…
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov stated that a meeting of the Staff discussed the implementation of controlled exports of Ukrainian defense products and further steps under the political agreements of the Drone Deal. Umerov reported this on Telegram. “Today, at the Staff meeting, we discussed the progress of implementing controlled…
American industrial giant Honeywell has signed an agreement to establish a centre in Poland for servicing the engines of US-made Abrams tanks. It will be the first facility of its kind in Europe and only the third in the world. There was “no better proof of the durability, reliability and long-term outlook of Polish-US cooperation…
Dutch defense company Destinus, together with German defense giant Rheinmetall, is accelerating development of a new long-range missile known as the RUTA Block 3, which will have a strike range of up to 2,000 kilometers and is set to undergo testing in Ukraine in 2027. The announcement was made in a press release published by…
The Government has extended the pilot project for defense procurement via the DOT-Chain Defence system until October 24, 2027. This was announced by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. The platform, developed by the DOT Defense Procurement Agency under the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, has already proven its effectiveness in meeting the needs of the…
The government approved its EUR 29.3-million supplementary budget on May 11 to fund “priority areas” and sent it to the Riigikogu for members’ approval. The money will be used for “priority areas” such as the construction of the eastern border, increasing people’s AI skills, and financing a new explosives factory. Earlier on May 11, Minister…