Estonia to spend EUR 132 million for equipment for teritorial defence
A total of EUR 132 million is planned for the procurement of equipment for Estonian territorial defence as a whole over the next four years.
A total of EUR 132 million is planned for the procurement of equipment for Estonian territorial defence as a whole over the next four years.
Estonia will acquire a significant quantity of loitering munitions in the near future, in order to significantly increase its indirect fire capability.
The Spanish armed forces will send the NASAMS air defence system to Estonia in April this year for a period of four months.
Estonia soon will select the medium-range air defence system. The procurement will be implemented in close cooperation with Latvia.
British Chinook helicopters have returned to Estonia as part of the Aviation Task Force agreed to by UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace in November 2022.
The Estonian Centre for Defence Investment has signed a contract with a total volume of EUR 36 million to acquire an additional twelve K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers.
Estonia's military assistance to Ukraine will increase to EUR 370 million, or slightly more than 1% of Estonia's gross domestic product.
At the end of last year, the construction of a new heavy weapons workshop began in the Tapa Army Base.
On January 10, Estonian Centre for Defence Investments announced that it had received "more than 400 weapons" from the Swedish defence industry company Saab.
The United States will deploy additional rotational forces to Estonia in order to strengthen NATO’s forward defenses and increase the security of its Allies.
Both Germany and Belgium have been long-standing supporters of NATO’s mission safeguarding the Baltic skies at Ämari.
Estonian defence minister is submitting the next military aid package to the government, which will include artillery ammunition, winter uniforms and personal protective equipment.
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