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After a Russian military drone crashed in Latvia on Saturday, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis stated that Lithuania would support a strong allied response while President Gitanas Nausėda condemned the violation of NATO airspace.

After a Russian military drone crashed in Latvia on Saturday, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis stated that Lithuania would support a strong allied response.

On Tuesday, Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas opened the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Competence Centre in Vilnius. The centre is expected to train 480 drone operators in 2024.

Vilnius City invites residents to learn flying drones in a training course starting in September.

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 Defence Materiel Agency is buying drones worth EUR 8 million from five Lithuanian manufacturers of combat drones, the National Defence Ministry said Monday. The new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are intended for the Lithuanian military and Ukrainian armed forces.

The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has carried out a repeat testing of combat drones from Lithuanian manufacturers near Kyiv in a battlefield-realistic environment, the National Defence Ministry said in a press release on Thursday.

The newly launched drone operator course is already fully booked up until the end of this year, which prompts for seeking ways to expand the training initiative, says National Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas.

Vilnius has opened its first training area designated for pilots of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The city invites all residents and visitors to improve their skills of operating drones and plans to set up more areas in the future.

National Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas has announced an increase in the Lithuanian defence budget by another EUR 20 million this year. The additional funds will be used to buy combat drones and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

The US has approved its 15th arms sale to Taiwan with the delivery of new drones anticipated by 2025, Radio Taiwan reports.

Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė on Friday in Kyviškės Aerodrome attended the Drone Day 2024, a defence industry event. The minister revealed that Lithuanian drone manufacturers in several months are expected to completely phase out Chinese componen...

Too few Lithuanian defence industry companies cooperate directly with the country’s military and defence institutions, a deputy minister for economy and innovation says.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis does not rule out that manufacture of Ukrainian drones could be partially relocated to Lithuania. The minister is visiting Ukraine on Thursday.

Labour Party’s leader Andrius Mazuronis believes that moving production of Ukrainian drones to Lithuania is a national security interest. According to him, this would create infrastructure for the production of modern drones in Lithuania and ensure that Russia would not be able to destroy the factor...

Deputy Parliament Speaker Paulius Saudargas believes that Lithuania should focus on the production of combat drones to boost its defence as the country does not manufacture heavy military equipment.

Lithuania plans to spend EUR 30 million annually on developing its unmanned aerial vehicle systems, reveals Deputy Minister of National Defence Žilvinas Tomkus following a hearing of a parliamentary committee.

The Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence on Friday will discuss boosting drone capabilities of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.

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