Strengthening the capabilities of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, the Defence Materiel Agency is acquiring 51 more trucks Mercedes-Benz Unimog from the German manufacturer Daimler Trucks AG.
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The Lithuanian Armed Forces has received a batch of MP7 A2 submachine guns worth EUR 1.3 million, the National Defence Ministry reports.
National Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas says it is planned to equip the entire Lithuanian Armed Forces with First Person View (FPV) combat drones.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces is set to buy unmanned sea drones worth EUR 1 million this year as it enters a new phase of operational capability enhancement with plans to integrate maritime drones into the Navy, the National Defence Ministry has said.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces has received a batch of Bolide-type missiles valued at EUR 11 million intended for its RBS-70 short-range man-portable missile air defence system, the Ministry of National Defence reports.
Dutch-operated long-range air defence system Patriot will be deployed in Lithuania for the exercise Baltic Connection 24 on 7-19 July.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces have received military purpose Mercedes-Benz G 350 d all-terrain vehicles which will be used for peacetime tasks, rear logistical and other operations, reports the Ministry of national Defence.
A joint allied training practice of fighter jets will take place across the skies above the cities of Šiauliai and Klaipėda on Monday, the Lithuanian Armed Forces said.
Too few Lithuanian defence industry companies cooperate directly with the country’s military and defence institutions, a deputy minister for economy and innovation says.
A new package of military assistance from the National Defence Ministry was delivered to Ukraine on Friday.
Lithuanian instructors have trained 2,900 Ukrainian soldiers this year, the military said. Trainings are planned for another 3,500 Ukrainians next year.
The Ministry of National Defence has announced that US-made sniper rifles Barrett and Belgian machineguns FN Minimi have been transferred to the Lithuanian Armed Forces to boost their capability.
Lithuanians are inclined to trust the Lithuanian army, police and the president the most, while they continue to have least confidence in the Seimas and the Government, a recent survey by Baltijos Tyrimai for ELTA shows.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces together with the German defence industry will repair Leopard tanks brought from Ukraine to Lithuania. The armoured vehicles will return to battle once their technical capabilities are restored.
On Thursday, 5 October, the largest in the Baltic States military equipment repair workshop Vilkas (Wolf) was opened in Rukla, central Lithuania.
The conscript soldier’s fatal injury in a training exercise earlier this week may have been a suicide attempt, the Lithuanian Armed Forces said.
MP Agnė Širinskienė, chair of the parliamentary group of non-attached MPs, intends to appeal to prosecutors after Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas publicly revealed on Facebook that Lithuania would purchase German-made main battle tanks. Opposition lawmakers claim that the defence min...
The Armed Forces of Lithuania are closely monitoring the security situation in the region and are ready to respond to potential threats to national security after Russia’s private military company Wagner arrived in Belarus and started holding exercises with Belarusian forces at the border with Polan...
The Lithuanian Armed Forces together with the allies have completed carrying out assigned tasks during the NATO summit in Vilnius on 11-12 July. Troops and military equipment are returning to places of permanent deployment and to normal standby mode, and will continue the cycle of exercises.
Conservative MPs of the Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK) have initiated amendments to martial law legislation to allow greater involvement of people in the national defence system.
