"We aim to have specialised UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) capability units operating in all the teams," Lt Col Gediminas Latvys, deputy head of the force, said.
Some of the teams already have such units and are successfully assisting the Lithuanian military in exercises, he added.
"It is very important to provide riflemen with equipment they can train and practice with, both in preparation for supporting the Lithuanian Armed Forces and for peacetime tasks such as assisting the police, state border guards or fire and rescue services," Lt Col Latvys said.
A few units already have the drone training classrooms ready that are also used by schoolchildren, according to the deputy head of the Riflemen’s Union.
Currently, the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union mainly uses small reconnaissance copters and First Person View (FPV) attack drones.
It only takes a couple of hours of practice to learn to fly reconnaissance drones, the organisation said. Meanwhile, FPV drones are much more difficult to operate as it takes an average of 20 hours of training to make the first flight.