British Army units leading NATO’s multinational battlegroup in Estonia have recently carried out a live fire exercise using their newly deployed Archer artillery system.
German defence company Rheinmetall has secured multiple contracts from Lithuania and Estonia for the supply of infantry ammunition, with a combined value of approximately €33 million.
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The Estonian Ministry of Defence has confirmed a new four-year defence development plan valued at over €10 billion, aimed at modernising the national defence structure by 2029.
The defence ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania met with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on Thursday, pledging to meet NATO’s target of spending 5% of their GDP on defence.
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The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) has signed a €200 million contract with French defence company MBDA for the supply of Mistral 3short-range air defence systems.
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On 11 July, Estonian reserve soldiers participating in an artillery battery training assembly fired HIMARS rocket launchers for the first time in the country.
Finnish defence firm Patria has signed an agreement to divest its 60% shareholding in Milworks OU to Estonia’s Mootor Group.
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Estonian defence company Marduk Technologies has successfully demonstrated its SHARK system at the GUTE Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) trials on Gotland, Sweden.
Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur and Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto confirmed the deployment of Italy’s SAMP/T air defence system to Estonia later this year.
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On 5 June 2025, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, Estonia and the Netherlands signed a statement of intent to explore a potential joint procurement of CV90 armoured infantry fighting vehicles.
The Estonian Defence Forces have concluded their largest military exercise of the year, Hedgehog 25, on 23 May.
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced the State Department’s approval of a potential sale of FGM-148F Javelin anti-tank guided missiles and launch units to Estonia.
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