Aviabaltika, a company based in Lithuania's central Kaunas District and owned by businessmen Yuri Borisov, is making money from orders from Lithuanian border guards and the country's army, the delfi.lt news website reports on Thursday.
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Fake news on the ongoing military exercise in Lithuania was published on Wednesday when several news websites were hacked.
Lithuania's government on Wednesday gave permission to fell part of the forests in Svencionys and Jonava Districts for the expansion of the Pabrade and Gaiziunai military training areas.
A Ukrainian military plane took almost 1 million pieces of ammunition no longer used by the Lithuanian army to Ukraine on Monday, aimed for the Ukrainian army.
Lithuanian customs officers refused to allow a rocket launch system from Belarus to enter the country earlier this week.
The Lithuanian Army has acquired U.S.-made Javelin anti-tank missiles worth 20 million U.S. dollars, the country's Defense Ministry announced on February 19.
About 50 military objects of various functions will be built for US money in the Lithuanian army's training grounds of Pabradė and Gaižiūnai, the Mumaičiai military territory and the Aviation Base in Šiauliai this year, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
The new shift of United States troops is coming to Lithuania in February with ten tanks.
Lithuania said on Saturday it supplied military aid to Ukraine's troops who battle pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country.
Inspections of public procurement deals in the Lithuanian defence system over the past decade have revealed systematic violations, presidential adviser Živilė Šatūnienė says.
Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas has instructed the ministry's staff to check all acquisition contracts signed by the ministry this year and the ongoing tenders referred to in the Public Procurement Service's report.
Lithuania has closed a deal with the Israeli weapon company “Rafael” and will get new-generation missiles and remote controlled weapon stations, according to the Israeli newspaper “Yedioth Ahronoth”.
Lithuania's opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) plan to launch interpellation procedure against Defence Minister Juozas Olekas, a social democrat, over suspected fraud in the army's public procurement contracts.
The Lithuanian parliament's Labour Party group is summoning Chief of Defence Jonas Vytautas Žukas on Wednesday over the costly public procurement for the Armed Forces.
A purchase of kitchen utensils by the Lithuanian Army two years ago may end up a subject of criminal investigation after public procurement watchdogs found the state paid eight times the market price to a company that has won over 50 public contracts.
Lithuania's defence minister, who signed a €386-million deal with a German company on purchasing 88 Boxer infantry vehicles, says the choice was as much about the quality of product as about buying it from a partner country.
Linas Jakštas is the first conscript to start professional military service with Lithuania‘s airforce after finishing his compulsory military service. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Lithuania's parliament, the Seimas, on Thursday passed a law making military conscription permanent. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.