Lithuania’s national defence budget will slightly exceed 2.5% of the country’s GDP next year, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has said. “I expect the figure to be higher in monetary terms, but it will probably be slightly higher than 2.5%,” the minister said on September 15. Anusauskas said he would like the budget to be higher,…
Lithuania has so far provided military support to Ukraine worth around 200 million euros, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on September 14. “Lithuania’s total military support amounts to around 200 million euros,” the minister said in a Facebook post. In his words, “fifty M113 armoured personnel carriers have recently been sent to Ukraine”. “A decision…
Fifty more armoured Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) will reach Lithuania in November, Deputy Minister of Defence Vilius Semeska has announced. “50 of the 200 units ordered under the contract will be delivered to Lithuania in early November,” he said in a Facebook post. Representatives of the Defence Materiel Agency are currently in the United…
The Defence Materiel Agency under the Defence Ministry has launched procurement procedures for 35 sets of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). The plan is to buy 26 sets of “mini” and nine sets of “small” UASs for around 36 million euros. “The acquisition of these systems will significantly improve the Lithuanian Armed Forces’ intelligence capability,” Defence…
Ukraine expects the West to supply it with more artillery, aircraft and air-launched missiles, as it needs at least twice as many heavy weapons as it receives now, Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Ukrainian president’s office, has said in Vilnius. “To win against Russia, there’s just one condition, which is twice the amount of…
Ukroboronprom State Concern has signed a framework cooperation agreement with the American corporation, Honeywell. The relevant statement was made by Ukroboronprom State Concern on Telegram. “Ukroboronprom State Concern has signed the framework cooperation agreement with the American multinational corporation, Honeywell. The areas of cooperation will include aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, navigation and radars,” the report…
Lithuania has sent 105-mm howitzers from its reserve to Ukraine, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has announced. “M50/M101 105 mm howitzers held in reserve of the Lithuanian Armed Forces were sent to Ukraine,” he said in a Facebook post. The minister added that Lithuania’s total military assistance to Ukraine, including the current and other planned shipments,…