Europe

Rheinmetall, ICEYE form joint venture for SAR satellites

November 7, 2025

German defence company Rheinmetall and Finnish satellite maker ICEYE have established a joint venture to manufacture synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, Rheinmetall said on Friday. The venture, called Rheinmetall ICEYE [..]

Latvia

Security and defense industry companies establish competence center DefInno

August 23, 2024

Latvian security and defense industry companies have established a new competence center called DefInno, and it has been added to the Register of Enterprises. The founders of the center are [..]

Latvia

Patria armored vehicles to be tested at Adazi military training ground

July 26, 2024

In order to ensure the testing of Patria 6×6 armored vehicles in Latvia before their delivery to the National Armed Forces (NAF) and their inclusion in the register of military [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania mulls buying Iris-T air defense systems from Germany – minister

May 22, 2024

Lithuania is considering acquiring Iris-T medium-range air defense systems from Germany, Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas said after meeting with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius in Lithuania’s Baltic Sea resort [..]

Latvia

Latvian signs purchase order on procurement of air defense systems worth EUR 600 million

December 1, 2023

On November 30, Latvian Defense Ministry and German company Diehl Defence signed a purchase order on the procurement of the IRIS-T medium-range air defense system, Defense Minister Andris Spruds (Progressives) [..]

World

Secretary General at NATO-Industry Forum: without industry there is no defence

October 25, 2023

Addressing the NATO-Industry Forum in Stockholm on Wednesday (25 October 2023), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg highlighted the vital link between NATO, Allies and industry when it comes to ensuring support [..]