Europe

German gunmaker Heckler & Koch enters drone defence business

May 1, 2025

By Wolf von Dewitz, dpa. Germany’s largest manufacturer of small arms, Heckler & Koch, is entering the drone defence business, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday. Stuttgart (dpa) – [..]

Europe

“Game changer”: German military invests in combat drones

April 4, 2025

The German military plans to invest in combat drones, sources in the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. Contracts are to be signed in the coming days, the sources said, adding [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania developing clusters for explosives, drones, maritime defence

March 17, 2025

Lithuania is planning to establish four defence industry clusters, open training areas to test the relevant products, and set up a new venture capital fund to support the industry, Defence [..]

Europe

More than €1 billion from the European Defence Fund to develop next generation defence technologies and innovation

February 5, 2025

Today, the Commission has adopted the fifth annual Work Programme under the European Defence Fund (EDF), allocating over €1 billion to defence collaborative research and development projects. With the 2025 [..]

Lithuania

Study: Lithuania, other Western countries still exporting war tech to Russia

January 13, 2025

Lithuania’s public radio station LRT reported last Friday that in 2023, Lithuania and other countries from the West exported technologies to Russia which could be used in Moscow’s artillery attack [..]

Europe

Defence supplier Hensoldt banks on strong order book as tensions rise

December 13, 2024

German defence supplier Hensoldt said growing geopolitical uncertainty and heightened tensions are expected to boost its order book in the coming year. The Bavarian-based maker of defence electronics hardware confirmed [..]

Estonia

Martin Herem, Estonia’s former chief of defense, joins Milrem Robotics

July 23, 2024

Martin Herem, commander of the Estonian defense forces until the end of June 2024, is joining the team of Milrem Robotics, a global leader in the development of robotics and [..]

Estonia

Milrem Robotics awarded contract to deliver Themis UGVs to Japan

April 16, 2024

Milrem Robotics, a developer of robotics and autonomous systems, has recently won a contract to supply unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to the Japanese defense forces. The company will deliver three [..]

Lithuania

US Switchblade 600 combat drones to be delivered next year – Lithuanian DefMin

December 4, 2023

American Switchblade 600 combat drones will be delivered to Lithuania next year, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. Wahid Nawabi, CEO of AeroVironment, confirmed the news to Arvydas Anusauskas [..]

World

With an ace up its sleeve – the US Army designs a deck of cards to help tell friends from foes

November 24, 2023

Battlefields are high-stress, complex environments where decisions have to be made in a split second. In the fog of conflict, it’s not always easy to tell friends from foes – [..]

Latvia

Government approves establishment of state-owned military industry company

November 22, 2023

The government on Tuesday approved the establishment of state-owned military industry company Valsts Aizsardzibas Korporacija (National Defense Corporation). Before taking the decision, ministers at the closed part of the government [..]

World

NATO Secretary General addresses first International Defence Industry Forum in Kyiv: there is no defence without industry

October 3, 2023

Addressing the first meeting of the International Defence Industry Forum in Kyiv on Friday (29 September 2023), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg paid tribute to the Ukrainian people and armed [..]

Latvia

Service investigation launched on army drone lost on Latvian-Russian border

September 25, 2023

Service investigation has been launched to establish the reason why a drone was lost on the Latvian-Russian border during military exercise at weekend, Defense Minister Andris Spruds (Progressives) said in [..]