Lithuania has signed a contract on the acquisition of Spanish mortars, the Ministry of Defence reports. Towed 120-mm EXPAL 120-MX2-SM mortars will be supplied by Spain’s EXPAL Systems, S.A. for 9.8 million euros, including mortars and their parts. The company was chosen because it offered the best price, the ministry said. The weapons are to…
Kestutis Budrys, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda’s chief national security adviser, has urged caution in public comments about the transfer of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine. Budrys was commenting on a recent statement by Defence Chief Valdemaras Rupsys that he would suggest at the next meeting of the country’s State Defence Council not to hand…
Lithuania’s Defence Chief Valdemaras Rupsys says he will suggest at the next meeting of the country’s State Defence Council not to hand over PzH 2000 howitzers and NASAMS air defence systems to Ukraine. “I need to have instruments. We cannot accomplish tasks without the capability to do so, but the capability we have is on…
Lithuania’s real national defence funding is projected to reach 2.63% of GDP next year, Laurynas Kasciunas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK), has said. In his words, this indicator is calculated by adding the funds allocated for national defence in the state budget, the so-called mobility package and the costs…
State Enterprise Ivchenko-Progress, JSC Motor Sich, JSC FED and LLC Radionics are represented at the Ukrainian stand of the UkrAviaProm association. Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Pavlo Riabikin visited the exhibition on its first day and met with Minister of Industry and Technology of Turkey Mustafa Varank, President of the Defence Industry Agency Ismail…
Lithuania is buying missiles for anti-aircraft system from a Swedish company in a deal worth 45 million euro, the Defence Ministry reports. The contract signed between the Defence Ministry’s Defence Materiel Agency and SAAB Dynamics AB concerns acquisition of Bolide- and MK2-type guided missiles for short-range anti-aircraft systems RBS-70. According to the ministry, the missiles…
Lithuania has signed a contract to acquire additional 300 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) from the United States, the Defence Ministry has reported. “This additional acquisition of 300 armoured utility vehicles from the United States is one of the most important steps in modernising Lithuania’s military. Our military cooperation with the United States is growing…